(10207) Comeniana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 August 1997 by Kornos, L., Koleny, P. at Modra.
Bratislava's Comenius University (Universitas Comeniana in Latin), the leading institution of higher learning in the Slovak Republic, was founded in 1919, and the Institute of Astronomy, one of the university's first institutes, was established in 1943. The observatory in Modra also belongs to the university.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Comeniana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Comeniana is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10207 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 QA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.92 km (#10,761 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.201 |
| Rotation period | 12.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0849 |
| Inclination | 6.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.