Discovery date 16 October 1977 Alternative names 1953 FB1 Discovered 16 October 1977 Named after Gemma Frisius Asteroid group Asteroid belt | MPC designation (11433) 3474 T-3 Observation arc 23005 days (62.98 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Aphelion 2.8044365 AU (419.53773 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld People also search for Sun, 9511 Klingsor, 11767 Milne | ||
11433 Gemmafrisius (provisional designation: 3474 T-3) is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on October 16, 1977. It is named after Gemma Frisius, a 16th-century Belgian mathematician and cartographer.
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