11421 Cardano in Encyclopedia

**11421 Cardano**
Name
Name	Cardano
Designation	1992 LC
Discovery
Discoverers	Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Discovery date	June 4, 1992
Discovery site	Palomar Observatory
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.701838030
Semimajor axis (a)	2.5258928 AU
Perihelion (q)	0.753125 AU
Aphelion (Q)	4.2986605 AU
Orbital period (P)	4.01 a
Inclination (i)	17.8266
Longitude of the ascending node ( )	59.52198
Argument of Perihelion ( )	92.0272
Mean anomaly (M)	6.879646

11421 Cardano is an asteroid of the solar system. Discovered on June 4, 1992, it has an orbit characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.5258928 AU, an eccentricity of 0.701838030, and inclination of 17.8266 .^[1]

This asteroid is named for Gerolamo Cardano, the first to give a systematic calculation of probabilities in connection with games of chance.^[1]

11421 Cardano

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