(10123) Fideoja Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

There are two small counties, Fide and Öja, on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church in Öja hosts a very famous crucifix from the thirteenth century.Naming citation (20050125/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fideoja is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fideoja is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10123
Provisional designation1993 FJ16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.48 km (#14,028 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.441
Rotation period2.87 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.43
Orbital period3.42 years
Semi-major axis2.27 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.80 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.205
Inclination4.05°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.802 au

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

Also discovered on 17 March 1993

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