(10096) Colleenohare Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1991 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Colleen O'Hare (b. 1955) is an active member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Okanagan Centre, who won the 2012 Qilak Award for her outreach efforts and the RASC Service Award in 2018 for her leadership, which included a term as club President as well as committee service. She led the development of the club observatory's SkyTheatre.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #2, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Colleenohare is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Colleenohare is 3.18 au from the Sun and 4.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10096 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RK5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,341 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.135 |
| Rotation period | 5.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.03 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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