(10081) Dantaylor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 July 1990 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Daniel Taylor (b. 1958) is an amateur astronomer in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Dan served as president of the RASC Windsor Centre from 1991 to 1993 and has worked to develop standards in support of light pollution abatement at the national level in Canada as well as to implement those standards locally in Windsor.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #13, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dantaylor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dantaylor is 1.86 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10081 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 OW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.54 km (#13,864 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.239 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.801 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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