(10102) Digerhuvud Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 February 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Digerhuvud is the place on Gotland where seastacks are most common.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Digerhuvud is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Digerhuvud is 2.24 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10102
Provisional designation1992 DA6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.83 km (#15,603 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.291
Absolute magnitude (H)14.88
Orbital period3.77 years
Semi-major axis2.42 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.10 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.132
Inclination1.83°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 29 February 1992

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