(11770) Rudominkowski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Rudolph Minkowski (1895-1976) was a German-born American astronomer who investigated planetary nebulae, supernovae (specifying the Types I and II) and some of the earliest-discovered radio sources. This led to the Palomar Sky Survey.Naming citation (20071124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rudominkowski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rudominkowski is 2.94 au from the Sun and 3.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11770 |
| Provisional designation | 3163 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,319 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 5.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 3.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Rudolph
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