(10062) Kimhay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 1988 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Kimberley Dawn Hay (b. 1959) is an enthusiastic observer, sunspot and meteor recorder, and sketch artist, who has contributed to the American Meteor Society, AAVSO, American Lunar and Planetary Observers, and the RASC. She has won the RASC Service Award and the RASC Chilton Prize.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimhay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimhay is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10062 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RV4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,702 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Rotation period | 3.54 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 1.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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