(173108) Ingola Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Ingeborg Walpurga Gasperi (1915-2002) grew up in Germany and Switzerland. In 1942 she married Mario Gasperi, an Italian engineer and expert in the construction of airplanes. The name was suggested by her second cousin, J. Schubart.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ingola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ingola is 5.00 au from the Sun and 6.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 173108 |
| Provisional designation | 6240 P-L |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 7.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.95 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 5.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.328 |
| Inclination | 0.761° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ingeborg
All asteroids named after someone called Ingeborg
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites