11754 Herbig
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Discovery[2] and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| Alternative names[1] | 2560 P-L; 1994 QH |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 459.284 Gm (3.070 AU) |
| Perihelion | 403.711 Gm (2.699 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 431.498 Gm (2.884 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.064 |
| Orbital period | 1789.278 d (4.90 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 17.52 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 194.432° |
| Inclination | 1.098° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 183.805° |
| Argument of perihelion | 143.586° |
| Dimensions | 5–12 km [2] |
| Mass | 1.3–18×1014 kg |
| Mean density | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0014–0.0034 m/s² |
| Equatorial escape velocity | 0.0026–0.0063 km/s |
| Sidereal rotation period |
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| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Geometric albedo | 0.10? |
| Temperature | ~164 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 13.9 |
11754 Herbig is a tiny Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered on September 24, 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. It is named in honor of U.S. astronomer George Herbig.
Not much is known about it.
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