(11808) Platz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Thomas Platz (b. 1975) is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute and member of the Dawn mission framing camera team studying surface ice deposits on Ceres.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Platz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Platz is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11808 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EM17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.63 km (#11,371 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.239 |
| Inclination | 7.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.940 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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