(11179) Ahmadperez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ahmad Amin Perez (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his environmental science project. He attended the Brentwood High School - Sonderling Center, Brentwood, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ahmadperez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ahmadperez is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11179 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FB109 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.79 km (#11,037 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.07 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0850 |
| Inclination | 5.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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