(11875) Rhone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 1989 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
The Rhône, a major river in France, has been an important highway for the transportation of merchandise since the time of the Greeks and Romans. Rising in the Swiss Alps, the river flows through Lake Geneva and the cities of Lyon, Valence and Avignon, reaching the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille after 813 km.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rhone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rhone is 3.41 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11875 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 YG5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 22.2 km (#1,943 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 15.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 December 1989
- (5778) Jurafrance
- (7755) Haute-Provence
- (8491) Joelle-gilles
- (15249) Capodimonte
- (17445) Avatcha
- (19148) Alaska