(11754) Herbig

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Asteroid
(11754) Tart
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8866  AU
eccentricity 0.0622
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7070 AU - 3.0662 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.1001 °
Length of the ascending node 183.6081 °
Argument of the periapsis 141.3292 °
Sidereal period 4.90 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.53 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
history
Explorer Cornelis van Houten
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2560 PL, 1994 QH
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(11754) Herbig is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the astronomer George Howard Herbig , whose research area is star formation and who gave his name to the Herbig-Haro objects .

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