11020 Orwell

Minor Planet
name=11020 Orwell
discoverer=Antonín Mrkos
discovery_date=July 31, 1984
designations=1979 SA9; 1984 OG; 1999 GL5
category=Main belt
epoch=November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=463.111 Gm (3.096 AU)
perihelion=393.562 Gm (2.631 AU)
aphelion=532.660 Gm (3.561 AU)
eccentricity=0.150
period=1989.471 d (5.45 a)
inclination=2.988°
asc_node=154.480°
arg_peri=131.994°
mean_anomaly=356.183°
speed=16.83 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?×10^? kg
density=? g/cm³
gravity=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=12.4
albedo=0.1?
temperature=~158 K

11020 Orwell is an asteroid. It was discovered on July 31, 1984 by Antonín Mrkos at the Czech observatory in Kleť.

George Orwell is the pseudonym of British writer Eric Blair (1903-1950), forever associated with the year of discovery, 1984, due to the enduring popularity of his dystopian novel by the same title. Orwell is one of only a handful of writers to have an asteroid named after him.

According to the records of Klet Observatory: "The name was suggested by J. Tichá and endorsed by B. G. Marsden, who made the identification involving this aptly designated object".

ources

* http://www.klet.org/
* http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:Orwell;main