(10110) Jameshead Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 June 1992 by G. J. Leonard at Palomar.

James W. Head (b. 1941) is an American geologist who has been involved in geological and surface exploration of solar-system bodies since the Apollo era. He participated in the selection of Apollo landing sites, trained astronaut crews in geology and surface exploration, planned experiments deployed on the Moon, and analyzed returned lunar samples.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #9, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Jameshead is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jameshead is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10110
Provisional designation	1992 LJ
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.75 km (#11,108 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.215
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.18
Orbital period	3.92 years
Semi-major axis	2.48 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.14 – 2.83 au
Eccentricity	0.139
Inclination	4.13°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.13 au

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

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Also discovered on 3 June 1992

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