(11578) Cimabue Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 1994 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Cimabue (1240-1302) was a great Italian painter whose works were the basis of Italian and Western painting.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cimabue is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cimabue is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11578 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 EB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.72 km (#13,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.351 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0760 |
| Inclination | 6.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.