(10484) Hecht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1983 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
For more than a decade, Martin D. Hecht (b. 1926) has volunteered to help organize the Lowell Observatory's archives.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hecht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hecht is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10484 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 WM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.62 km (#11,382 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.228 |
| Rotation period | 5.51 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0782 |
| Inclination | 5.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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