(12611) Ingres Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French painter whose work embraced both classicism and romanticism. Under the influence of J. L. David, he made large religious and historical paintings.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ingres is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ingres is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12611 |
| Provisional designation | 2555 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.96 km (#7,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.213 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
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- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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