(11519) Adler Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.

Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was an Austrian psychiatrist who introduced the term “inferiority feeling” (inferiority complex) into psychology: mental health is characterized by reason and social interest, mental disorder by inferiority, self concern and superiority over others”. In 1934 the Austrian government closed his 30 clinics.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Adler is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adler is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11519
Provisional designation1991 GZ4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.64 km (#15,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.305
Absolute magnitude (H)14.75
Orbital period3.70 years
Semi-major axis2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.01 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.159
Inclination1.66°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.997 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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Also discovered on 8 April 1991

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