(11103) Miekerouppe Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 September 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Mieke Rouppe was concerned with issues of freedom and human rights, and he was willing to be a courier and participant in the Dutch Resistance in The Hague during World War II.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Miekerouppe is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Miekerouppe is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11103
Provisional designation1995 SX19
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.56 km (#6,103 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.207
Absolute magnitude (H)13.09
Orbital period4.92 years
Semi-major axis2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.66 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.0799
Inclination1.91°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Mieke

Also discovered on 18 September 1995

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