(11335) Santiago Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The capital of Chile, Santiago was founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Santiago is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Santiago is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11335 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HW23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,058 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.161 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 6.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 April 1996
- (7099) Feuerbach
- (7903) Albinoni
- (10186) Albeniz
- (11333) Forman
- (13647) Rey
- (15860) Siran
- (31032) Scheidemann
- (31037) Mydon