(11043) Pepping Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) was an organist and professor of music in Berlin and one of the leading German composers of church music. He rejuvenated sacred and secular choir music. His instrumental and vocal works are very extensive, and his books Stilwende der Musik and Der polyphone Satz set the fashion for their time.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pepping is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepping is 1.92 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11043 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 YX6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,124 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.342 |
| Rotation period | 3.41 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 5.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.911 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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