(10642) Charmaine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 January 1999 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L. at San Marcello.
Named in honor of Charmaine Wilkerson (b. 1962), wife of the first discoverer. An American-born writer and broadcaster, she has produced numerous reports on astronomical phenomena and missions.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charmaine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charmaine is 3.02 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10642 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BF8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.2 km (#3,353 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0510 |
| Rotation period | 61.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.17 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0742 |
| Inclination | 2.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.