(11761) Davidgill Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

David Gill (1843-1914) was a British astronomer and instrument designer who directed the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and carried out all the observations to measure distances to the stars in terms of the standard meter.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Davidgill is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidgill is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11761
Provisional designation4868 P-L
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.86 km (#7,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0500
Absolute magnitude (H)14.9
Orbital period5.30 years
Semi-major axis3.04 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.46 – 3.62 au
Eccentricity0.191
Inclination1.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.48 au

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

Also named after someone called David

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Also discovered on 24 September 1960

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