(10939) Maheshwari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Eish Maheshwari (b. 2002) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for his medicine and health project. He attended the Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maheshwari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maheshwari is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10939 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CJ19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,357 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.348 |
| Rotation period | 588 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 2.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.855 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 February 1999
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- (11197) Beranek
- (11407) Madsubramanian
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- (16013) Schmidgall
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- (16015) Snell
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