(11404) Wittig Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Sigmar Wittig (b. 1940), chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center during 2002-2007, has been head of the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery at the University of Karlsruhe, vice president of the German Research Foundation and chair of the European Space Agency Council.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wittig is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wittig is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11404 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BX4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.78 km (#5,241 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Rotation period | 13.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 1.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.