(10694) Lacerda Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Pedro Lacerda (b. 1975) is a Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast whose work includes analyzing rotational lightcurves to infer physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects and other small solar system bodies.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lacerda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lacerda is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10694 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EH21 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.7 km (#4,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Rotation period | 7.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.10 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0355 |
| Inclination | 22.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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