(10450) Girard Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 1967 by Cesco, C. U., Klemola, A. R. at El Leoncito.

Terrence Girard (b. 1957) joined the Yale University Astronomy Department in 1985 and since then has been in charge of the development of specialized astrometric software used at Yale and at other research institutions. His main responsibility is the reduction and analysis of the Yale-San Juan Southern Proper Motions program.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Girard is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Girard is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10450
Provisional designation	1967 JQ
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	8.80 km (#5,915 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0720
Rotation period	4.20 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.97
Orbital period	3.67 years
Semi-major axis	2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.92 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity	0.193
Inclination	7.94°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.932 au

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

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