(11264) Claudiomaccone Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Claudio Maccone (b. 1948), an Italian scientific researcher and technical expert at the Alenia Spazio in Turin, has participated in the design of some scientific space missions and submitted a proposal for a space mission to exploit the radio magnification provided by the gravitational lens of the sun.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Claudiomaccone is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Claudiomaccone is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11264 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 UC4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,697 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.432 |
| Rotation period | 3.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 3.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.996 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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