(11120) Pancaldi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1996 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Italian amateur astronomer Enelio Pancaldi (b. 1947) was an observer of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars at the Osservatorio San Vittore from 1976 to 1980 during the patrol program organized by the Lowell Observatory for the study of planetary surfaces. A nuclear engineer by profession, he lives at Budrio, near Bologna.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pancaldi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pancaldi is 2.10 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11120 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 QD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.09 km (#14,980 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Rotation period | 10.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1996
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