(10277) Micheli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Marco Micheli (b. 1983) is a researcher at the European Space Agency Space Situational Awareness Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre and a member of the Pan-STARRS1 survey's near-Earth object search team studying meteor streams.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Micheli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Micheli is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10277 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EC27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.82 km (#5,902 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Rotation period | 15.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0930 |
| Inclination | 1.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3000) Leonardo
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- (3000) Leonardo
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- (3030) Vehrenberg
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