Asteroid 11727, Sweet, was discovered May 1, 1998 by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Team (NEAT) at Haleakala Observatory in Maui County, Hawaii. It has a period of 3 years, 247 days.
It was named for Merle Sweet (born 1942), assistant superintendent at the Palomar Observatory.
The meaning of asteroid Sweet seems to be: sweet (or sour)