(11363) Vives Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540), a student of Erasmus, was a Spanish humanist. To avoid the Inquisition he went to Paris, later to Louvain and then to England. In his work De ratione studii puerilis (1523) he supported the education of women.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vives is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vives is 2.47 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11363 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 EB12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.31 km (#12,016 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.246 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 5.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.829 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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