(11180) Brentperlman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brent Perlman (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his bioengineering project. He attended the Byram Hills High School, Armonk, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brentperlman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brentperlman is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11180 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FU117 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.67 km (#5,293 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0829 |
| Inclination | 4.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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