(11421) Cardano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 June 1999 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Gerolamo Cardano (1501-1576), prototypical Renaissance man, physician, mathematician, astrologer, inventor and gambler, was the first to publish the solution of the cubic and quartic equations and to give a systematic calculation of probabilities in connection with games of chance.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cardano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cardano is 3.38 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11421 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 LW2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.7 km (#3,485 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.95 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 3.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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