(11774) Jerne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Niels K. Jerne (1911-1994) was a Danish Nobel laureate in medicine (1984), and he shared his prize with G. J. F. Köhler and C. Milstein. They received the prize for theories concerning the development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jerne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jerne is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11774 |
| Provisional designation | 1128 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,275 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 648 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| 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 Niels
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Also discovered on 17 October 1977
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- (9825) Oetken
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