(11854) Ludwigrichter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The German artist Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803-1884) taught for many years at the academy in his home town, Dresden. He painted Italian and Saxonian-Bohemian landscapes in the late Romantic style and created woodcut illustrations for books.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ludwigrichter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ludwigrichter is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11854 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RM3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.63 km (#13,623 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.364 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 8.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3941) Haydn
- (3943) Silbermann
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