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Discovery
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| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1998 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 1980 TV3; 1991 LP5 1998 FW33 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch July 14, 2004 (JD 2453200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 438.048 Gm (2.928 AU) |
| Perihelion | 296.686 Gm (1.983 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 367.367 Gm (2.456 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Orbital period | 1405.595 d (3.85 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.83 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 91.371° |
| Inclination | 3.777° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 189.632° |
| Argument of perihelion | 138.446° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×1016 kg |
| Mean density | 2 ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Albedo | 0.1 ? |
| Temperature | ~178 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
The main belt asteroid 11169 Alkon was discovered by the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Ceres Connection program was established in partnership with Science Service to name minor planets for students selected through an essay contest. The winner requested his grandfather's family name be memorialized.
Not much else is known about this probably fairly typical little asteroid.
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