(11806) Thangjam Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Guneshwar Thangjam (b. 1985) is a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute (Göttingen) performing spectral analyses of Vesta's compositional heterogeneity using Dawn spacecraft data.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thangjam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thangjam is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11806 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EF14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 2.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.989 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt