(11446) Betankur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Avgustin Avgustinovich Betankur (1758-1824) was a civil engineer who built a gun foundry in Kazan, many bridges and several remarkable buildings, in particular a riding-house in Moscow. In 1810 he founded and headed the institute of communications engineers in St. Petersburg.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Betankur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Betankur is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11446 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 TO8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,552 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0910 |
| Rotation period | 10.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 0.881° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.