(10761) Lyubimets Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Lyubimets, the Russian word for “darling”, seems to be an appropriate name for Grigorij (b. 2000), grandson of the Crimean astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina. May he be the beloved sunshine for the whole family. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lyubimets is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lyubimets is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10761 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TB4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.27 km (#12,118 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.222 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 1.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 12 October 1990
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- (10762) von Laue
- (10763) Hlawka
- (10764) Rubezahl
- (11508) Stolte
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- (15724) Zille
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