(11374) Briantaylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Brian W. Taylor (b. 1964), a Lowell Observatory instrumentation software specialist, designed the controller for LONEOS and other observatory CCD cameras.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Briantaylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Briantaylor is 2.10 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11374 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QU60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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