(10688) Haghighipour Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Nader Haghighipour (b. 1967) is a professor at the University of Hawaii specializing in solar system dynamics as well as extrasolar planets. His service includes President of IAU Division F (Planetary Sciences and Astrobiology) for the period 2015-2018.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haghighipour is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haghighipour is 3.70 au from the Sun and 4.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10688 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.7 km (#2,744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 9.40 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 9.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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