(10065) Greglisk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 December 1988 by Y. Oshima at Gekko.
Greg Lisk (b. 1963) has served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Belleville Centre, where he organized field trips, designed award programs, judged local science fair entries, prepared displays, arranged star parties and gave presentations at outreach events, both indoor and outdoor. He won the RASC Service Award in 2014.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Greglisk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Greglisk is 3.41 au from the Sun and 3.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10065 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 XK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.2 km (#3,994 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 6.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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