(11453) Canada-Assandri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Marcela Cañada-Assandri (b. 1976) is an astronomer at the El Leoncito Observatory in San Juan, Argentina, where she has worked on polarimetry of main-belt asteroids and the dynamics of the Hungaria group.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Canada-Assandri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Canada-Assandri is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11453 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.77 km (#11,080 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 8.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marcela
All asteroids named after someone called Marcela
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