(11950) Morellet Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Abbé André Morellet (1727-1819) left his Mémoirs sur le XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution (1821), a precious document about the eighteenth century. Besides several articles for Diderot's Encyclopédie, he refuted, in 1770, Galiani's Dialogues sur le commerce des blés.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Morellet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Morellet is 3.57 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11950 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SG5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,649 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 1.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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