(11148) Einhardress Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Einhard Ress (b. 1936) was an engineer and scientist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He used innovative technology to develop the focal-plane electronics of the ESA Mars Express mission and of an airborne digital camera. The naming is on the occasion of his retirement.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Einhardress is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Einhardress is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11148 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 XO8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.16 km (#12,358 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.134 |
| Rotation period | 7.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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