(11458) Rosemarypike Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Rosemary E. Pike (b. 1984) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) who studies complex resonances in the Kuiper belt, particularly the stability of the 5:1 resonance with Neptune.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rosemarypike is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosemarypike is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11458 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EV12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.90 km (#6,682 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 8.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rosemary
All asteroids named after someone called Rosemary
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
- (2788) Andenne
- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt