(190710) Marktapley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 2001 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Mark B. Tapley (b. 1962) is an Institute Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, who served as the Payload Systems Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marktapley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marktapley is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 190710 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FA185 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0885 |
| Inclination | 9.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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