(10236) Aayushkaran Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Aayush Karan (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his mathematics project. He attended the University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Aayushkaran is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Aayushkaran is 2.01 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10236 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QA93 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,915 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Rotation period | 4.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.985 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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