(10701) Marilynsimons Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1981 by Harvard Observatory at Harvard.
Marilyn Hawrys Simons (b. 1951) is an American economist and philanthropist. She is Chair of the board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and founded the Stony Brook Women's Leadership Council. She is the president of the Simons Foundation, co-founded with her husband James, that supports math and science research.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2020-02-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marilynsimons is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marilynsimons is 2.19 au from the Sun and 1.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10701 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 PF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.58 km (#9,596 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 72.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.70 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.290 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.691 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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