(10099) Glazebrook Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1991 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
An astronomer at Johns Hopkins University, Karl Glazebrook (b. 1965) is a specialist on the properties and evolution of faint high-redshift galaxies and large redshift surveys of nearby galaxies. His public domain astronomical software greatly aided the Spacewatch survey during its 1997 upgrades.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Glazebrook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Glazebrook is 2.99 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10099 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VB9 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 5.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 2.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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