11665 Dirichlet

11665 Dirichlet
Discovery[1]
Discovered byP. G. Comba
Discovery sitePrescott Obs.
Discovery date14 April 1997
Designations
(11665) Dirichlet
Named after
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet[1]
(German mathematician)
1997 GL28
main-belt[1] · (outer)[2]
Griqua[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc23.97 yr (8,756 d)
Aphelion3.7625 AU
Perihelion2.7963 AU
3.2794 AU
Eccentricity0.1473
5.94 yr (2,169 d)
298.55°
0° 9m 57.6s / day
Inclination15.787°
215.21°
309.39°
TJupiter3.0980
Physical characteristics
6.803±0.358 km[5][6]
0.087±0.014[5]
14.1[1][2]

11665 Dirichlet, provisional designation 1997 GL28, is a Griqua asteroid and a 2:1 Jupiter librator from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.8 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1997, by astronomer Paul Comba at the Prescott Observatory in Arizona, United States. The asteroid was named after German mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.[1]

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