(11762) Vogel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Hermann Carl Vogel (1841-1907) was a German astronomer and spectroscopist. He invented an early scheme to classify stellar spectra and confirmed the sun's rotation. He directed the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory from 1882 to 1907.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vogel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vogel is 2.96 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11762 |
| Provisional designation | 6044 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,103 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.293 |
| Rotation period | 6.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0248 |
| Inclination | 1.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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