(11304) Cowra Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 February 1993 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Cowra in New South Wales, Australia, is a tourist destination. It is home to the largest Japanese garden in the Southern Hemisphere as well as the Australian World Peace Bell, both symbols of international understanding and world peace.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cowra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cowra is 2.00 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11304 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 DJ |
| Orbit class | Inner Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.37 km (#16,487 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.718 |
| Rotation period | 95.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 2.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0468 |
| Inclination | 23.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.903 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.