(10806) Mexico Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Mexico is a country in the southern part of North America. Much of it is high plateau cradled by three great mountain ranges, one of which contains active volcanoes. Several great civilizations, among them Olmec, Toltec, Mayan and Aztec, flourished there from about 100 A.D. to the time of the Spanish conquest.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mexico is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mexico is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10806 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FA2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,318 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 23 March 1993
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