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3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20 1980 by M. P. Candy at the Perth Observatory. The object was named after the retired Australian scientist John Robert de Laeter. It is a member of the Hungaria family of asteroids.Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga California give a synodic rotation period of 13.83 ± 0.01 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.06 in magnitude.