(10770) Belo Horizonte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Belo Horizonte is the beautiful capital (1897) of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It was the first of Brazil's planned cities, since the old capital at Ouro Prêto could not accommodate the necessary expansions. Belo was modeled after Washington, D.C., and La Plata in Argentina.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Belo Horizonte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Belo Horizonte is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10770 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VU5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.67 km (#6,917 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.173 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 9.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 November 1990
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- (5966) Tomeko
- (7469) Krikalev
- (7651) Villeneuve
- (8849) Brighton
- (8850) Bignonia
- (9176) Struchkova
- (9951) Tyrannosaurus
- (10092) Sasaki
- (10771) Ouro Preto
- (11051) Racine
- (11509) Thersilochos