(11298) Gide Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
André Gide (1869-1951), the French writer, humanist and moralist, is well-known for his novel Les Faux-Monnayeurs (1926). Gide's lifelong emphasis was on the self-aware and sincere individual as the touchstone of both collective and individual morality. In 1947 he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gide is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gide is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11298 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RE6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,803 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0443 |
| Inclination | 3.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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