(11799) Lantz Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Cateline Lantz (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose investigations include the processes of space weathering on carbonaceous asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lantz is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lantz is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11799 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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