(11764) Benbaillaud Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Benjamin Baillaud (1848-1934) was a director of the Toulouse (1878-1907) and Paris (1907-1926) Observatories. He founded the Pic du Midi Observatory and served as first president of the International Astronomical Union.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Benbaillaud is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Benbaillaud is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11764 |
| Provisional designation | 6531 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,872 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.260 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0682 |
| Inclination | 4.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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