(10476) Los Molinos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Los Molinos is the astronomical observatory located north of Montevideo, Uruguay (MPC code 844), actively involved in follow-up observations of asteroids and comets. The observatory belongs to the Ministerio de Educación y Cultura.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Los Molinos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Los Molinos is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10476 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EY38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.85 km (#15,549 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.342 |
| Rotation period | 268 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.258 |
| Inclination | 9.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.717 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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