(117783) Indik Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 April 2005 by Mt. Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon.
Julia Heisler Indik (b. 1960) is an American professor of medicine at the University of Arizona's College of Medicine, Tucson. She holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.D. degree from the University of Arizona. Julia's research is on electrical activity in the heart.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Indik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Indik is 3.29 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117783 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GJ118 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.35 km (#8,448 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.15 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0218 |
| Inclination | 7.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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