(11021) Fodera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Giorgia Foderà (b. 1942) teaches history of astronomy at Palermo University. Curator of the Palermo Observatory museum, she published the inventory of its instruments, which include the vertical circle used by Piazzi. She was the principal organizer of the Palermo Observatory's celebration of Ceres' bicentennial.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fodera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fodera is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11021 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 AT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 17.9 km (#2,513 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 19.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 January 1986
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- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
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