(11262) Drube Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Line Drube (b. 1980) is a postdoctoral researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-Berlin) whose investigations include the thermal properties of asteroids and the properties of Martian airborne dust using data from the Phoenix Lander.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Drube is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Drube is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11262 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MP3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.76 km (#15,736 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 2.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.945 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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