(10127) Frojel Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

At Gannarve in Fröjel, a small parish on Gotland, there is a 29-m-long stone ship from the Bronze Age.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Frojel is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frojel is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10127
Provisional designation1993 FF26
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.44
Orbital period3.28 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.92 – 2.50 au
Eccentricity0.132
Inclination4.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.934 au

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

Also discovered on 21 March 1993

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