(6911) Nancygreen Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 April 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.

Named in honor of Nancy Green Hicks, enthusiastic horsewoman and talented artist. A graduate of Scripps College, she is with her family a principal benefactor and long-term volunteer at the Scripps Home for the elderly. Her personal contributions have made the difference for the continuation of many of the discoverer's astronomical pursuits. Her loyalty and encouragement have given support during times of diminishing governmental funds, allowing the work on observing NEOs to survive. She was most generous in her leadership role of fundraising for the planet-crossing asteroid program carried out photographically at Palomar for many years and has most recently enabled a successful transition to the CCD NEAT program.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Nancygreen is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nancygreen is 1.96 au from the Sun and 2.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6911
Provisional designation	1991 GN
Orbit class	Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.55 km (#16,168 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.392
Rotation period	54.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.28
Orbital period	2.69 years
Semi-major axis	1.93 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.76 – 2.11 au
Eccentricity	0.0900
Inclination	22.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.763 au

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

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