(10592) Chakrabarty Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1996 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Prosanta Chakrabarty (b. 1978) is an American professor and Director and Curator of Fishes at the Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University. He studies fishes to better understand Earth's history and evolution. Prosanta has received numerous honors, including being a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #23, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chakrabarty is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chakrabarty is 3.03 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10592 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 PN5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.75 km (#11,113 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.136 |
| Rotation period | 8.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 2.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.