(11510) Borges Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentine poet and short-story writer, became famous through his poems Fervor de Buenos Aires (1923). In his El libro de los seres imaginarios (1967) the distinction between poetry and prose almost disappears.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Borges is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Borges is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11510 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0733 |
| Inclination | 15.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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