(10126) Larbro Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

At the church in the Gotland village of Lärbro there is a well-preserved defense tower from the eleventh century. Close to the village there is a spring well known from a Swedish poem.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Larbro is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Larbro is 1.83 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10126
Provisional designation1993 FW24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.13 km (#12,423 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.118
Absolute magnitude (H)15.3
Orbital period3.28 years
Semi-major axis2.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.81 – 2.61 au
Eccentricity0.180
Inclination1.18°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.793 au

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

Also discovered on 21 March 1993

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