(10712) Malashchuk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1982 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Valentina Mikhailovna Malashchuk (b. 1947) is accountant general of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Malashchuk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Malashchuk is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10712 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 UE6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.36 km (#14,331 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.328 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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