(11191) Paskvic Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 December 1998 by K. Korlevic at Visnjan.

Ivan Paskvić (1754-1829), known in Hungary as Paquich Ja'nos, born in the Adriatic city of Senj, was a founder and director of the Buda Observatory.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Paskvic is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Paskvic is 2.95 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11191
Provisional designation1998 XW16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.78 km (#6,797 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.260
Absolute magnitude (H)13.01
Orbital period4.91 years
Semi-major axis2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.66 – 3.12 au
Eccentricity0.0782
Inclination2.15°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.65 au

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

Also named after someone called Ivan

Also discovered on 15 December 1998

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