(11670) Fountain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1998 by M. W. Buie at Anderson Mesa.
Glen Harold Fountain (b. 1942) is the project manager of the New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission. He has additionally played key roles in other space astronomy missions, including the Small Astronomy Satellite series, ASTRO-Spacelab and FUSE.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fountain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fountain is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11670 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AU9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,812 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 0.873° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Glen
All asteroids named after someone called Glen