(10513) Mackie Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 October 1989 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.

Guy Thomas Mackie (b. 1955) is an amateur astronomer in British Columbia, Canada, who served three years as President of RASC's Okanagan Centre. Mackie also started Okanagan Centre's telescope rental program, became Director of the club observatory in 2009, worked on the organizing committee of the Mount Kobau Star Party and won the RASC Service Award in 2010.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mackie is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mackie is 3.40 au from the Sun and 4.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10513
Provisional designation1989 TJ14
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter18.3 km (#2,447 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.132
Rotation period8.34 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)11.94
Orbital period5.78 years
Semi-major axis3.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.99 – 3.45 au
Eccentricity0.0718
Inclination24.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.99 au

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

Also named after someone called Guy

Also discovered on 2 October 1989

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