(11775) Kohler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Georges J. F. Köhler (1946-1995), German biochemist and recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in medicine together with N. K. Jerne and C. Milstein. Jerne and Köhler, worked at the Basel Institute for Immunology.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kohler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kohler is 2.16 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11775 |
| Provisional designation | 3224 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.21 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0289 |
| Inclination | 3.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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