(11242) Franspost Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Dutch painter Frans Post (1612-1680) was one of the first European-trained artists to paint in the Americas. He recorded various aspects of life and the local atmosphere of Dutch Brazil, or Nieuw Holland, in his paintings.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Franspost is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Franspost is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11242 |
| Provisional designation | 2144 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0576 |
| Inclination | 6.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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