(11430) Lodewijkberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Lodewijk van den Berg (b. 1932) is the first Dutch-born citizen to participate in spaceflight. Born in Sluiskil, he was on Challenger flight STS-51B in 1985. As payload specialist he performed several experiments on crystals for the Spacelab 3 mission. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lodewijkberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lodewijkberg is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11430 |
| Provisional designation | 9560 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 3.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.933 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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