(11299) Annafreud Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Anna Freud (1895-1982), the youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, escaped with her father in 1938 Austria and settled in London. In 1936 she published Das Ich und die Abwehrmechanismen. She is considered the founder of child psychoanalysis.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Annafreud is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annafreud is 2.75 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11299 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SA22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.08 km (#10,466 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Rotation period | 8.46 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0466 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 22 September 1992
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