(11011) KIAM Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1981 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
KIAM is the English abbreviation for the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which played an exceptionally important part in theoretical research and computation for the astrodynamics and cosmonautics of the Soviet space program.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where KIAM is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: KIAM is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11011 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UK11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.62 km (#11,381 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.173 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.205 |
| Inclination | 3.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.902 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.