11754 Herbig

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=11754 Herbig
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=C. J. van Houten,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld,
T. Gehrels
discovered=September 24, 1960
alt_names=2560 P-L; 1994 QH
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=431.498 Gm (2.884 AU)
perihelion=403.711 Gm (2.699 AU)
aphelion=459.284 Gm (3.070 AU)
eccentricity=0.064
period=1789.278 d (4.90 a)
inclination=1.098°
asc_node=183.805°
arg_peri=143.586°
mean_anomaly=194.432°
avg_speed=17.52 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=5–12 km [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Sizes.html Conversion of Absolute Magnitude to Diameter ] ]
mass=1.3–18e|14 kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0014–0.0034 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0026–0.0063 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=13.9
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~164 K

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.

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