(11956) Tamarakate Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Tamara Kate Peiser (b. 2001) is the second daughter of Gillian and Benny Peiser. Her father, an anthropologist at Liverpool John Moores University, is known the world over for the Cambridge Conference network.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tamarakate is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tamarakate is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11956 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 CL14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 5.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tamara
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