(11059) Nulliusinverba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1991 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
“Nullius in verba”, variously translated as “On the words of no one”, “Nothing in words” or “Respect the facts”, is the motto of The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge. This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the founding of The Royal Society in 1660.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nulliusinverba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nulliusinverba is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11059 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RS |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,881 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.247 |
| Rotation period | 2.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 14.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 September 1991
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- (7420) Buffon
- (8370) Vanlindt
- (8515) Corvan
- (9346) Fernandel
- (9594) Garstang
- (10784) Noailles
- (10785) Dejaiffe
- (12301) Eotvos
- (13533) Junili
- (13534) Alain-Fournier
- (21073) Darksky