(11895) Dehant Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Véronique Dehant (b. 1959) is head of the section for time, earth rotation and space geodesy at the Royal Observatory, Uccle. She is currently involved with the NEIGE project, which plans a soft landing of a geodetic instrument on Mars. In 1999 she was awarded the Bomford prize for her work on the earth's nutation.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dehant is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dehant is 2.58 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11895 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GU3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.03 km (#12,654 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0931 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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