(11936) Tremolizzo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Elena Tremolizzo (b. 1972) is an attitude and orbit control systems engineer at the European Space Agency, involved in the SMART-1 mission to the Moon and the European global navigation satellite system, Galileo.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tremolizzo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tremolizzo is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11936 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FX9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.29 km (#10,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.174 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0682 |
| Inclination | 3.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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