(10785) Dejaiffe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
René Dejaiffe (b. 1940), of the Royal Belgian Observatory, has presided over national and international societies and organized more than 1400 conferences on astronomy and space science. Since 1997 he has been general secretary of the Société Royale Belge d´Astronomie, de Météorologie et de Physique du Globe.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dejaiffe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dejaiffe is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10785 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RD12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.41 km (#11,807 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.361 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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