(11408) Zahradnik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 March 1999 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Rudolf Zahradník (b. 1928), co-founder of the Czech school of quantum chemistry, became the founding father and the first president of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (1994-1997) and the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (1993-2001).Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zahradnik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zahradnik is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11408 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 EG3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.29 |
| Orbital period | 5.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 0.780° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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