(11484) Daudet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), mainly remembered as a French writer of sentimental tales, believed that the world was misrepresented by novelists, who concentrated only on its uglier aspects. His Lettres de mon Moulin (1869) can therefore be considered a more joyful interpretation of the mystery of things and of individuals.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daudet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daudet is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11484 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 DF2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.92 km (#12,947 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.381 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0647 |
| Inclination | 2.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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