(10830) Desforges Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jacques Desforges (1723-1791) was a French priest at Etampes, opposing the clergy by writing the pamphlet Avantages du mariage aux prêtres et évêques... (Brussels, 1758). The eight months he had to spend in the Bastille he used for planning the construction of a flying machine.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Desforges is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Desforges is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10830 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 UT6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.39 km (#5,487 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Rotation period | 8.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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