(10105) Holmhallar Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.

Holmhällar, on Gotland, contains an unusual area of seastacks. One of the expeditions from the Uppsala Observatory to the total solar eclipse on 1954 June 30 was based there.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Holmhallar is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Holmhallar is 2.98 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10105
Provisional designation1992 EM12
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter12.0 km (#4,075 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0510
Absolute magnitude (H)13.56
Orbital period5.53 years
Semi-major axis3.13 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.80 – 3.45 au
Eccentricity0.104
Inclination0.888°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.80 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 6 March 1992

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