(11636) Pezinok Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 December 1996 by Galad, A., Pravda, A. at Modra.
Pezinok is a small town near Bratislava. The town is known for its wine producing traditions from the thirteenth century. From the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries gold was mined here. It is also the birthplace of the French astronomer Maurice Löevy (1833-1907) and Slovak astronomer Ján Štohl (1932-1993).Naming citation (20020328/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pezinok is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pezinok is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11636 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.60 km (#16,051 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.343 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 7.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.