(11816) Vasile Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Massimiliano Vasile (b. 1970) is a professor at the University of Strathclyde (UK) whose work includes design and optimization of space flight trajectories.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vasile is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vasile is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11816 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EX32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.05 km (#15,100 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.22 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 6.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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