(5011) Ptah Apollo
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Ptah is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ptah is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5011 |
| Provisional designation | 6743 P-L |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth · potentially hazardous |
| Rotation period | 56.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.64 |
| Orbital period | 2.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.818 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.500 |
| Inclination | 7.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0245 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
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