(11261) Krisbecker Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 December 1978 by Bowell, E., Warnock, A. at Palomar.

Kris Jay Becker (b. 1959) is a senior computer scientist at the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center. He specializes in the development of cartographic tools for interpretation of data from several spacecraft missions, including the Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Krisbecker is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Krisbecker is 2.53 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	11261
Provisional designation	1978 XK
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.37 km (#8,412 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.228
Rotation period	3.41 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.61
Orbital period	4.84 years
Semi-major axis	2.86 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.53 – 3.20 au
Eccentricity	0.117
Inclination	2.49°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.53 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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Also discovered on 6 December 1978

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