(11450) Shearer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 August 1979 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Andrew Shearer (b. 1953), of the National University of Ireland, Galway, leads the group working in the field of high-time-resolution astrophysics and image processing. He was responsible for the measurements of the pulsed optical emission from PSR 0656−14 and Geminga.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shearer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shearer is 2.46 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11450 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 QJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.98 km (#10,659 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.131 |
| Rotation period | 5.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Inclination | 7.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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