(10011) Avidzba Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 August 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.

Anatolij Mkanovich Avidzba (b. 1951), orchardist and viticulturist, is a member of the International Academy of Vine-growing and Wine-making, a corresponding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences and director of the “Magarach” institute of Vine-growing and Wine-making in the Crimea.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Avidzba is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Avidzba is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10011
Provisional designation1978 QY1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.20 km (#12,281 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.332
Absolute magnitude (H)14.02
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.45 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.101
Inclination4.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.21 au

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

Also discovered on 31 August 1978

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