(11005) Waldtrudering Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 August 1980 by R. M. West at La Silla.

Waldtrudering is a beautiful residential area in Munich, Bavaria, where the discoverer and his family have lived since 1980, with many good friends in a wonderful neighborhood.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Waldtrudering is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Waldtrudering is 3.17 au from the Sun and 4.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11005
Provisional designation1980 PP1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.45 km (#6,181 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.115
Absolute magnitude (H)13.51
Orbital period4.33 years
Semi-major axis2.66 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 3.18 au
Eccentricity0.198
Inclination8.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.16 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 6 August 1980

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