(1776) Kuiper Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Kuiper is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuiper is 3.10 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1776 |
| Provisional designation | 2520 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 40.0 km (#974 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0185 |
| Inclination | 9.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites
- (1869) Philoctetes