(10943) Brunier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Serge Brunier (b. 1958) worked as a reporter and editor -in-chief of Ciel et Espace magazine and wrote several articles on the world's observatories. Author of several popular astronomy books, he has a weekly astronomy program on French radio.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brunier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brunier is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10943 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FY6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.26 |
| Orbital period | 3.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 0.750° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.765 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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