(11230) Deschaffer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 May 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Edwin Schaffer (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his genomics project. He attended the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deschaffer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deschaffer is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11230 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 JV57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.11 km (#10,413 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.269 |
| Rotation period | 7.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 6.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.878 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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