(12376) Cochabamba

Asteroid (12376) Cochabamba
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5685 AU
eccentricity	0.2418
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9475 AU - 3.1894 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	6.6084 °
Length of the ascending node	131.9380 °
Argument of the periapsis	91.7957 °
Sidereal period	4.12 a
Physical Properties
Rotation period	6.32068 h
Absolute brightness	13.3 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	July 8, 1994
Another name	1994 NW ₁ , 1992 YF ₃
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(12376) Cochabamba is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on July 8, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern near Grasse ( IAU code 010). The asteroid had already been sighted on December 31, 1992 under the provisional designation 1992 YF ₃ at the Japanese Nihondaira Observatory .

The rotation period of (12376) Cochabamba was determined on April 29, 2006 by Vincenzo Silvano Casulli and Laurent Bernasconi to be 6.32068 hours.

The asteroid's orbit around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2418 .

(12376) Cochabamba was named after the Bolivian city of Cochabamba on November 6, 2014 .

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