Discovered by Paul G. Comba Alternative names 1997 GL28 Discovered 14 April 1997 Discoverer Paul G. Comba Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 14 April 1997 Observation arc 7645 days (20.93 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Prescott Observatory MPC designation 11665 | |
Aphelion 3.76302 AU (562.940 Gm) Perihelion 2.79165 AU (417.625 Gm) Named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet | ||
11665 Dirichlet (1997 GL28) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on April 14, 1997, by Paul G. Comba at Prescott. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.
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