(10955) Harig Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Ludwig Harig (b. 1927) is a German writer. Besides experimental texts and poetry, he also wrote narrative prose. A trilogy about his father and himself, with their lives projected against the background of historic events in a German-French border region, is especially noteworthy. The name was suggested by H. Duerbeck.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Harig is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Harig is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10955 |
| Provisional designation | 5011 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.45 |
| Orbital period | 4.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0260 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| 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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