(10841) Ericforbes Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 August 1994 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.

Eric Gray Forbes (1933-1984) was a professor and director of the History of Medicine and Science Unit at Edinburgh University. Forbes led ‘Scotland's Cultural Heritage’ group and was a prolific author, researching extensively on the history of astronomy and navigation.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ericforbes is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericforbes is 1.85 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10841
Provisional designation	1994 PP1
Orbit class	Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.91 km (#15,427 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.174
Rotation period	4.91 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.19
Orbital period	2.70 years
Semi-major axis	1.94 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.83 – 2.04 au
Eccentricity	0.0541
Inclination	23.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.823 au

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

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