(11790) Goode Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Philip R. Goode (b. 1943), a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and director of Big Bear Solar Observatory, is renowned for his work on helioseismology and solar activity. His wife Fran B. Goode (b. 1944) is director of development at the same observatory.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Goode is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Goode is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11790 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RU |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.13 km (#10,393 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.203 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.260 |
| Inclination | 4.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.885 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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