(12534) Janhoet

Asteroid (12534) Janhoet
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.6955 AU
eccentricity	0.1108
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3967 AU - 2.9942 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	9.3137 °
Length of the ascending node	196.8160 °
Argument of the periapsis	218.1644 °
Sidereal period	4.43 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.13 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	4.941 ± 0.247 km
Albedo	0.316 ± 0.100
Absolute brightness	13.5 likes
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	June 1, 1998
Another name	1998 LB ₃ , 1977 UN ₅ , 1990 RY ₄
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(12534) Janhoet is an asteroid of the main belt , on 1 June 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered. The asteroid had already been sighted in October 1977 under the provisional designation 1977 UN5 at the Palomar Observatory (IAU code 675).

(12534) Janhoet was named on July 13, 2004 after the Belgian art historian and exhibition curator Jan Hoet (1936–2014). Hoet was best known in Germany as the artistic director of Documenta IX (1992) in Kassel .

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