(11675) Billboyle Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 February 1998 by P. Antonini at Bedoin.

William Boyle (b. 1924) co-invented the CCD while at Bell Laboratories in 1969. This device has revolutionized both amateur and professional astronomy. This minor planet was automatically detected by a CCD during an amateur survey.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Billboyle is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Billboyle is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	11675
Provisional designation	1998 CP2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.81 km (#10,985 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.175
Rotation period	3.33 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.53
Orbital period	3.50 years
Semi-major axis	2.30 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.93 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity	0.161
Inclination	2.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.928 au

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

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