(11772) Jacoblemaire Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Jacob Le Maire (1585-1616) was a Dutch explorer who, together with C. W. Schouten, discovered parts of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and a passage from the south Atlantic to the Pacific known as the Straits of Le Maire, which crosses Cape Horn at the southernmost point of the Americas.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jacoblemaire is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacoblemaire is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11772 |
| Provisional designation | 4210 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.09 km (#12,508 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.419 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 5.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.37 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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