(11336) Piranesi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Giambattista Piranesi (1720-1778), a Venetian architect and etcher who lived and worked in Rome for almost all his life, became with his archaeological works and polemic interventions one of the most famous intellectual figures of eighteenth-century Rome and one of the main inspirers of neoclassicism.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piranesi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piranesi is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11336 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 NS3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.41 km (#14,201 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.241 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.05 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.32 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0880 |
| Inclination | 2.55° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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