(11998) Fermilab Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory was founded in Batavia, Illinois, in 1967. Among the discoveries made by Fermilab scientists are the bottom quark and the top quark. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey also has its headquarters there. The name was suggested by P. and R. Jedicke.Naming citation (20011230/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fermilab is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fermilab is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11998 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 AG7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.68 km (#6,895 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.242 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 January 1996
- (9226) Arimahiroshi
- (9423) Abt
- (9893) Sagano
- (12432) Usuda
- (14054) Dusek
- (14505) Barentine
- (73827) Nakanohoshinokai
- (90844) Todai
- (118214) Agnesediboemia