(10684) Babkina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 September 1980 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Nadezhda Georgievna Babkina (b. 1950) is a People's artist of Russia and the artistic director of the ensemble “Russian song”.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Babkina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Babkina is 1.80 au from the Sun and 0.891 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10684 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 RV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 405 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.80 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.788 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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