(113355) Gessler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 2002 by R. Matson at Palomar.
Nick Gessler (b. 1945) is co-director of UCLA's Human Complex Systems Program. He teaches hands-on multi-agent simulation programming in courses such as “ALiCE: Artificial Life, Culture and Evolution”. A prolific meteorite discoverer, he is credited with over 30 distinct finds.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gessler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gessler is 3.18 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 113355 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 RW240 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.91 |
| Orbital period | 5.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 9.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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