(10504) Doga Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 October 1987 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.

Russian composer Eugenij Dmitrievich Doga (b. 1937) has written music for many popular movies.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Doga is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsDogaDoga

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Doga is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10504
Provisional designation1987 UF5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.96 km (#7,708 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.210
Rotation period2.95 hours
Spectral typeSl
Absolute magnitude (H)13.37
Orbital period4.59 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.30 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.166
Inclination5.74°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

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

Also discovered on 22 October 1987

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