(10926) Hayeri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 January 1998 by NEAT at Haleakala.
Kiana Hayeri (b. 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian photographer who spent nearly a decade living in Afghanistan, including one year under the Taliban. She has won numerous awards and grants for her work focusing on women and girls in Afghanistan, including the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and the World Press Photo.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #23, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hayeri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hayeri is 3.58 au from the Sun and 4.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10926 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BF41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#4,971 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 2.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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