(10780) Apollinaire Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
French poet Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki (1880-1918), the son of a Polish emigrée, took poetry into unexplored channels. Inspired by an unhappy love-affair, he wrote his Chanson du mal-aimé. His poetic masterpiece Alcools (1913) utilizes unusual verbal associations and daring typographical arrangements.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Apollinaire is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Apollinaire is 3.13 au from the Sun and 2.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10780 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 4.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 6.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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