(11679) Brucebaker Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Bruce Baker (b. 1949) fabricated and installed the mechanical portions of the slip rings and assisted in the fabrication of many small mechanical assemblies needed throughout the upgrade of the 1.2-m Schmidt at Palomar.Naming citation (20020128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brucebaker is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brucebaker is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11679 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DE11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.05 km (#15,093 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773 |
| Inclination | 2.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.984 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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