Tags: Asteroid.
12617 Angelusilesius (provisional designation: 5568 P-L) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County California on October 17 1960. It is named after Angelus Silesius a German mystic and poet of the 17th century.