(11456) Cotto-Figueroa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Desiree Cotto-Figueroa (b. 1984) is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao whose research includes shape and spin evolution of near-Earth asteroids in response to re-radiation of solar flux.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cotto-Figueroa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cotto-Figueroa is 2.88 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11456 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EK9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.2 km (#4,465 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0804 |
| Inclination | 2.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt