(10724) Carolraymond Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 November 1986 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Carol A. Raymond (b. 1960) is a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who served as the project scientist and deputy principal investigator for the Dawn mission to Vesta. She headed the geophysics working group studying Vesta's interior structure.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carolraymond is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carolraymond is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10724 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 VR5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.14 km (#12,401 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.284 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0929 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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