(11753) Geoffburbidge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Geoffrey Burbidge (b. 1925) is a British-born astrophysicist who, with E. M. Burbidge, W. A. Fowler and F. Hoyle, showed in 1957 how most elements have been produced in nuclear reactions in stars. A vigorous supporter of steady state cosmological models, he has been at University of California at San Diego since 1962.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Geoffburbidge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Geoffburbidge is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11753 |
| Provisional designation | 2064 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.87 km (#6,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.114 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0781 |
| Inclination | 3.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.96 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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