(11004) Stenmark Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Lars Stenmark (b. 1944) is a professor in micro- and nano-technology for space applications at Uppsala University. He has been instrumental in many Swedish space projects, such as Freja and Odin.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stenmark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stenmark is 3.67 au from the Sun and 4.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11004 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 FJ1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 23.0 km (#1,850 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.03 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 16.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Lars
All asteroids named after someone called Lars
Also discovered on 16 March 1980
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- (3386) Klementinum
- (3634) Iwan
- (4169) Celsius
- (4593) Reipurth
- (5221) Fabribudweis
- (5498) Gustafsson
- (5938) Keller
- (6150) Neukum
- (6687) Lahulla
- (6945) Dahlgren
- (7548) Engstrom