(11296) Denzen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Aoudou Denzen (1748-1822) was a western-style painter of the Edo period born in Sukagawa in Oshu (now Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture). He was the first artist in Japan to perfect elaborate western-style copper plate engraving. The name was suggested by H. Sato.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Denzen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Denzen is 2.63 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11296 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 KA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.70 km (#9,397 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0865 |
| Inclination | 5.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.