(11518) Jung Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist who developed the (much contested) concept of the collective unconscious (archetypes). From 1907 to 1912, he was a close collaborator of Sigmund Freud, a relationship that later collapsed, because of Jung's irrational interests.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jung is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jung is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11518 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GB3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.9 km (#3,756 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0932 |
| Inclination | 0.720° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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