(11461) Wladimirneumann Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Wladimir Neumann (b. 1981) is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) who studies water-rock differentiation of icy bodies applicable to interpreting Ceres data from the Dawn mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wladimirneumann is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wladimirneumann is 2.26 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11461 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EM18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,015 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.440 |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0990 |
| Inclination | 5.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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