(10702) Arizorcas Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 August 1981 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.

The Arizona Orchestra Association represents Arizona's forty-one orchestras.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Arizorcas is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arizorcas is 1.94 au from the Sun and 1.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10702
Provisional designation1981 QD
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.30 km (#14,481 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.309
Absolute magnitude (H)14.45
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.91 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.212
Inclination2.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.901 au

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

Also discovered on 30 August 1981

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