(10713) Limorenko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 22 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.

Leonid Pavlovich Limorenko (b. 1951) is assistant director of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Limorenko is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Limorenko is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10713
Provisional designation1982 UZ9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.73 km (#5,257 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0490
Absolute magnitude (H)13.81
Orbital period4.65 years
Semi-major axis2.78 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.22 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.203
Inclination17.3°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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

Also named after someone called Leonid

Also discovered on 22 October 1982

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