(11372) Aditisingh Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Aditi Singh (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her behavioral and social sciences project. She attended the Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Aditisingh is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aditisingh is 2.69 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11372
Provisional designation1998 QP41
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.63 km (#9,515 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.184
Rotation period3.17 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.91
Orbital period4.79 years
Semi-major axis2.84 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.63 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.0753
Inclination1.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 17 August 1998

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