(11360) Formigine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 February 1998 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Formigine is a small Italian town located 10 km south of Modena. Interesting sights there include a medieval castle with boundary walls and a drawbridge. Formigine is the birthplace of the wife of Ermes Colombini, a codiscoverer of this minor planet, and since 1986 it has also been their new residence.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Formigine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Formigine is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11360 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DL14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.14 km (#16,869 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.322 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 2.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.