(11241) Eckhout Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
As a member of a scientific expedition, Dutch painter Albert Eckhout (1610-1666) made portraits of the people who inhabited Dutch Brazil during the reign of Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eckhout is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eckhout is 3.03 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11241 |
| Provisional designation | 6792 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.12 km (#8,757 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.143 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.98 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0544 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites