(11274) Castillo-Rogez Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 September 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.

Julie Castillo-Rogez (b. 1974) is a planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who has performed extensive thermal and geochemical modeling of Ceres to interpret its interior structure based on Dawn Spacecraft data.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Castillo-Rogez is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Castillo-Rogez is 4.59 au from the Sun and 4.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11274
Provisional designation1988 SX2
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.77
Orbital period7.92 years
Semi-major axis3.97 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.13 – 4.82 au
Eccentricity0.212
Inclination2.30°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Julie

Also discovered on 16 September 1988

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