(10463) Bannister Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1979 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring.
Michele Bannister (b. 1986) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Queen's University Belfast whose work includes surveys to discover and characterize trans-Neptunian objects.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bannister is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bannister is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10463 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 MB9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,645 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Rotation period | 4.79 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 1.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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