The following is a partial list of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects for principal designations assigned within 2012. As of April 2022, it contains a total of 51 bodies.[1][2][3] For more information see the description on the main page. Also see list for the previous and next year.
2012
Designation
|
First Observed (discovered)
|
D (km)
|
Orbital description
|
Remarks
|
Refs
|
Date
|
Observer (Site)
|
Class
|
a (AU)
|
e
|
i (°)
|
q (AU)
|
Q (AU)
|
2012 AZ25 |
5 January 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
300 |
SDO |
54.3 |
0.33 |
18 |
36.2 |
72.3 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 BV154 |
19 January 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
143 |
cubewano? |
46.5 |
0.19 |
12 |
37.6 |
55.5 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 BY154 |
21 January 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
151 |
res · 3:5 |
42.0 |
0.16 |
7 |
35.1 |
48.9 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 DQ106 |
16 February 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
119 |
cubewano? |
43.6 |
0.16 |
1 |
36.5 |
50.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 DR30 |
22 February 2012 |
SSS (E12) |
188 |
centaur |
1130 |
0.99 |
78 |
14.5 |
2246 |
albedo: 0.076; BR-mag: 1.21; taxonomy: BR-IR |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 DV121 |
16 February 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
147 |
SDO |
64.1 |
0.44 |
33 |
36.1 |
92.2 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 DZ98 |
16 February 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
167 |
cubewano (cold) |
42.6 |
0.03 |
3 |
41.5 |
43.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 EE18 |
14 March 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
207 |
SDO |
68.2 |
0.44 |
16 |
38.1 |
98.2 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 FH84 |
25 March 2012 |
Las Campanas Obs. (304) |
151 |
other TNO |
55.8 |
0.26 |
4 |
41.6 |
70.1 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 FN84 |
25 March 2012 |
Las Campanas Obs. (304) |
104 |
SDO |
52.6 |
0.35 |
8 |
34.0 |
71.1 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 FN87 |
29 March 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
130 |
plutino |
39.3 |
0.25 |
21 |
29.3 |
49.3 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 GU11 |
12 April 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
92 |
centaur |
169 |
0.89 |
11 |
18.2 |
320 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 GX17 |
14 April 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
168 |
centaur |
37.3 |
0.55 |
33 |
16.9 |
57.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 HE85 |
18 April 2012 |
New Horizons KBO Search (268) |
60 |
res · 5:9 |
44.8 |
0.10 |
3 |
40.2 |
49.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 HW87 |
21 April 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
114 |
SDO |
92.4 |
0.65 |
14 |
32.5 |
152 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 HX87 |
24 April 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
173 |
SDO |
104 |
0.67 |
13 |
34.9 |
173 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 OL6 |
22 July 2012 |
Mauna Kea Obs. (568) |
131 |
res · 5:12 |
54.3 |
0.29 |
9 |
38.6 |
70.0 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 SB67 |
26 September 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
213 |
other TNO |
47.4 |
0.15 |
18 |
40.4 |
54.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 TC324 |
7 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
168 |
res · 3:5 |
42.5 |
0.20 |
10 |
33.9 |
51.1 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 TD324 |
6 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
187 |
plutino |
39.7 |
0.14 |
10 |
34.0 |
45.3 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 TE324 |
8 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
247 |
cubewano (hot) |
46.3 |
0.12 |
6 |
40.7 |
52.0 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 TF324 |
9 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
242 |
cubewano (hot) |
43.6 |
0.12 |
8 |
38.6 |
48.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 TF359 |
6 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
233 |
other TNO |
42.2 |
0.07 |
25 |
39.3 |
45.1 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UD178 |
21 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
118 |
res · 2:5 |
55.5 |
0.42 |
9 |
32.1 |
78.8 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UE185 |
23 October 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
209 |
other TNO |
41.6 |
0.15 |
21 |
35.5 |
47.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UG177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
57 |
plutino |
39.5 |
0.23 |
22 |
30.5 |
48.6 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UH177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
124 |
plutino |
39.6 |
0.19 |
24 |
32.1 |
47.0 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UJ177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
55 |
res · 2:5 |
55.7 |
0.44 |
16 |
31.3 |
80.2 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UK177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
69 |
SDO |
93.4 |
0.62 |
25 |
35.4 |
152 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UL177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
133 |
other TNO |
40.9 |
0.12 |
19 |
35.9 |
45.8 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UM177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
79 |
other TNO |
43.8 |
0.06 |
16 |
41.0 |
46.5 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UN177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
129 |
other TNO |
43.4 |
0.16 |
20 |
36.3 |
50.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UO177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
91 |
other TNO |
41.7 |
0.03 |
17 |
40.3 |
43.2 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UP177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
100 |
other TNO |
43.1 |
0.10 |
17 |
38.5 |
47.6 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UQ177 |
20 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
95 |
SDO |
52.2 |
0.31 |
20 |
35.8 |
68.6 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UR177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
99 |
SDO |
74.2 |
0.49 |
16 |
37.6 |
111 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 US177 |
21 October 2012 |
M. Alexandersen (568) |
69 |
SDO |
56.6 |
0.37 |
17 |
35.5 |
77.6 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UT177 |
21 October 2012 |
Mauna Kea Obs. (568) |
109 |
twotino? |
47.7 |
0.12 |
16 |
41.8 |
53.6 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 UU177 |
21 October 2012 |
Mauna Kea Obs. (568) |
87 |
other TNO |
43.8 |
0.04 |
16 |
42.3 |
45.3 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 VB116 |
8 November 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
380 |
other TNO |
47.0 |
0.16 |
23 |
39.5 |
54.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 VP113 |
5 November 2012 |
Cerro Tololo Obs. (807) |
574 |
sednoid |
269 |
0.70 |
24 |
80.4 |
458 |
ETNO |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 VR128 |
3 November 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
482 |
other TNO |
41.5 |
0.14 |
19 |
35.6 |
47.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 WD37 |
28 November 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
173 |
other TNO |
40.0 |
0.11 |
21 |
35.5 |
44.5 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 WE37 |
16 November 2012 |
CTIO-DECam (W84) |
101 |
twotino |
47.9 |
0.25 |
26 |
35.9 |
60.0 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 WF37 |
16 November 2012 |
CTIO-DECam (W84) |
107 |
plutino |
39.5 |
0.29 |
19 |
28.0 |
51.0 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 WG37 |
19 November 2012 |
CTIO-DECam (W84) |
181 |
SDO |
49.1 |
0.34 |
14 |
32.4 |
65.9 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 XR157 |
11 December 2012 |
Cerro Tololo Obs. (807) |
190 |
twotino |
47.7 |
0.22 |
30 |
37.0 |
58.3 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 XW159 |
9 December 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
157 |
plutino |
39.5 |
0.21 |
21 |
31.2 |
47.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 YF12 |
23 December 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
259 |
other TNO |
43.5 |
0.14 |
28 |
37.5 |
49.4 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 YG12 |
30 December 2012 |
Pan-STARRS (F51) |
188 |
plutino |
39.4 |
0.21 |
31 |
31.0 |
47.7 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
2012 YO9 |
17 December 2012 |
CTIO-DES (W84) |
120 |
res · 4:7 |
43.8 |
0.17 |
15 |
36.5 |
51.1 |
— |
MPC · JPL
|
References