(11407) Madsubramanian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Madhav Subramanian (b. 2000) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his cellular and molecular biology project. He attended the Jericho Senior High School, Jericho, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Madsubramanian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Madsubramanian is 1.84 au from the Sun and 0.982 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11407 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CV50 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,944 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.304 |
| Rotation period | 55.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 4.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.772 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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