(11773) Schouten Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Cornelis Willem Schouten (1580-1625), together with Jacob Le Maire, discovered a passage from the south Atlantic to the Pacific. The Straits of Le Maire (Estrecho De Le Maire) is, with Staten Island (Isla de los Estados) and Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos), a reminder of their epic 1615-1616 voyage.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schouten is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schouten is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11773 |
| Provisional designation | 1021 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.39 km (#9,889 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Rotation period | 5.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 7.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cornelis
All asteroids named after someone called Cornelis
Also discovered on 17 October 1977
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