(11260) Camargo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1978 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar.
Julio Ignacio Bueno de Camargo (b. 1967) is a researcher at the Observatorio Nacional (Brazil) who specializes in astrometry of solar system bodies and reference frames, particularly in the prediction and observation of stellar occultations.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Camargo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Camargo is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11260 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 VD9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0810 |
| Inclination | 1.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Julio
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Also discovered on 7 November 1978
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