(10379) Lake Placid Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 July 1996 by G. R. Viscome at Rand.
A town in northern New York State in the U.S. that hosted the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid is also the birthplace of the discoverer. Located in the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid is renowned for its natural beauty.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lake Placid is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lake Placid is 3.47 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10379 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 OH |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.1 km (#4,499 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.130 |
| Rotation period | 2.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 6.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.51 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.46 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0136 |
| Inclination | 6.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.