(11911) Angel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 June 1992 by Shoemaker, C. S., Levy, D. H. at Palomar.
Founder and director of Steward Observatory's mirror lab at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Roger Angel (b. 1941) has spearheaded the development of telescope mirrors as large as eight meters in diameter by a process called spin-casting. His work and ideas have resulted in an enormous increase in telescope light-gathering power.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Angel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angel is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11911 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 LF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 27.2 km (#1,530 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.93 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 20.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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