(10681) Khture Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The Kharkiv Technical University of Radioelectronics, founded in 1930, is a recognized school of specialists in radioelectronics, computer science, telecommunication, metrology and biotechnical and medical systems. Khture is also known for its time service and for radioastronomical research on meteors.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Khture is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Khture is 3.40 au from the Sun and 4.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10681 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 TH2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,829 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 1.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.