(11810) Preusker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Frank Preusker (b. 1975) is a geologist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) whose work includes digital terrain models of both Vesta and Ceres using Dawn spacecraft images.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Preusker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Preusker is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11810 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EV18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0706 |
| Inclination | 4.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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