(11533) Akeback Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Akebäck is a small parish centrally situated on Gotland. A village resident named Botair is said to have built the first real church on Gotland.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Akeback is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akeback is 3.24 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11533
Provisional designation1992 EG6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.09 km (#7,523 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.221
Absolute magnitude (H)13.32
Orbital period5.20 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.70 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity0.0996
Inclination9.75°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.70 au

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

Also discovered on 1 March 1992

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