(11095) Havana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The original urban nucleus of Havana, next to the port, is characterized by buildings in pure colonial style. More modern architecture is located near the Plaza de la Revolución. The city is an industrial, import and distribution center. Cuba's cigar production is well known throughout the world.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Havana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Havana is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11095 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PJ22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,987 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Rotation period | 9.84 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 1.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 August 1994
- (7142) Spinoza
- (8550) Hesiodos
- (9640) Lippens
- (9641) Demaziere
- (9778) Isabelallende
- (9879) Mammuthus
- (9880) Stegosaurus
- (10151) Rubens
- (10361) Bunsen
- (10841) Ericforbes
- (11583) Breuer
- (11965) Catullus
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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