(11760) Auwers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Arthur Auwers (1838-1915), Potsdam Observatory director from 1881, established the first reference catalogue of fundamental star positions and observed the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus to measure the solar parallax.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Auwers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Auwers is 3.35 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11760 |
| Provisional designation | 4090 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.88 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0908 |
| Inclination | 4.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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