(11081) Persave Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Per Arvid Säve (1811-1887) was a teacher in Visby who dedicated most of his spare time to research on the dialects and folklore of Gotland. He also founded a museum in Visby, Fornsalen.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Persave is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Persave is 2.99 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11081
Provisional designation1993 FA13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)13.68
Orbital period4.88 years
Semi-major axis2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.74 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity0.0457
Inclination1.97°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.74 au

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

Also named after someone called Per

Also discovered on 21 March 1993

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