(11955) Russrobb Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1994 by D. D. Balam at Dominion.
Russell M. Robb (b. 1952), astronomer at the University of Victoria, played the leading role in automating the university's 0.5-m telescope and equipping it with a CCD camera. The telescope has been used extensively in the university's observational programs, including astrometric work on comets and minor planets.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Russrobb is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Russrobb is 2.56 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11955 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,548 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.150 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
| Inclination | 4.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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