(11934) Lundgren Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Kjell Lundgren (b.~1950) who has studied red giants in the LMC and the Fornax dwarf galaxy, is now working as an engineer at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lundgren is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lundgren is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11934
Provisional designation1993 FL4
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.11
Orbital period4.06 years
Semi-major axis2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination2.16°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.22 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Kjell

Also discovered on 17 March 1993

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