(10861) Ciske Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 June 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Ciske Staring was a courier in Amsterdam for the Resistance during World War II. This naming is to honor especially the women of the Resistance who executed dangerous tasks and kept up the human spirit in spite of gruesome conditions.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ciske is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ciske is 3.44 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10861 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 MG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.65 km (#6,027 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.296 |
| Inclination | 9.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.936 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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