(11384) Sartre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980), French novelist and the exponent of Existentialism, used his pen his entire life for the defense of individual freedom and human dignity. His masterwork L'Être et le Néant (1943) confronts “human consciousness” with “being”. He won the 1964 Nobel Prize for literature, but refused to accept it.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sartre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sartre is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11384 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SW143 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 2.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.949 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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