(11022) Serio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Salvatore Serio (b. 1941) teaches astronomy at Palermo University, specializing in x-ray observations and modeling of solar and stellar coronae. As director of the Palermo Observatory and president of the Italian Astronomical Society, he served as a gracious and generous host for the celebrations of Ceres' bicentennial.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Serio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Serio is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11022 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 EJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.91 km (#5,824 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0810 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Salvatore
All asteroids named after someone called Salvatore
Also discovered on 5 March 1986
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- (4087) Part
- (4448) Phildavis
- (4821) Bianucci
- (5393) Goldstein
- (6373) Stern
- (7515) Marrucino
- (13497) Ronstone