(11100) Lai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1995 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Luciano Lai (b. 1948) has been an active observer and discoverer of minor planets at Madonna di Dossobuono since 1983. He is interested in the design and construction of astronomical telescopes and optics, and he designed the focal reducer used by many Italian amateur astrometrists.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Lai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lai is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11100 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 KC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.31 km (#14,445 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Rotation period | 5.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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