12696 Camus

12696 Camus
Discovery[1]
Discovered byE. W. Elst
Discovery siteLa Silla Obs.
Discovery date26 September 1989
Designations
(12696) Camus
Named after
Albert Camus
(French writer)[2]
1989 SF1 · 1993 QL2
main-belt · (middle)[3]
background
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc27.59 yr (10,079 days)
Aphelion2.9984 AU
Perihelion2.2463 AU
2.6224 AU
Eccentricity0.1434
4.25 yr (1,551 days)
277.29°
0° 13m 55.56s / day
Inclination7.9950°
160.38°
128.01°
Physical characteristics
7.71±3.44 km[4]
9.329±0.056 km[5][6]
11.11 km (calculated)[3]
3.78±0.04 h[7]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
0.069±0.009[5][6]
0.130±0.086[4]
C[3][8]
13.4[4][5] · 13.5[1][3]

12696 Camus, provisional designation 1989 SF1, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 26 September 1989, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, and named after French Nobel Prize laureate in literature Albert Camus.[2][9]

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