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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1991 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11063 |
| Named after | John Henry Poynting |
| Alternate name(s) | 1991 VC6; 1951 LK; 1986 PV; 1998 FK87 |
| Epoch January 2, 2010 | |
| Ap | 3.3285410 |
| Peri | 1.9895262 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2517860 |
| Orbital period | 1583.7410330 |
| Mean anomaly | 146.41648 |
| Inclination | 8.62950 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 101.95956 |
| Argument of peri | 203.62318 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
11063 Poynting (1991 VC6) is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1991 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
The asteroid owes its name to the English physicist John Henry Poynting.
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