(10996) Armandspitz Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 July 1978 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.

Armand Neustadter Spitz (1904-1971), who began to publicize astronomy at the Fels Planetarium and other locations in Pennsylvania during the 1930s, is renowned for his invention of a low-cost planetarium in early models of which the star images are projected by means of holes drilled in dodecahedral plastic panels.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Armandspitz is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Armandspitz is 3.27 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10996
Provisional designation	1978 NX7
Orbit class	Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	7.89 km (#6,692 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.179
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.94
Orbital period	5.76 years
Semi-major axis	3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.84 – 3.58 au
Eccentricity	0.114
Inclination	5.39°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.84 au

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

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