(10241) Milicevic Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 1999 by K. Korlevic at Visnjan.
Don Nikola Miličević (1887-1963) was last administrator of Blaca Hermitage on Brač, Croatia. In Blaca he observed double stars, searched for comets and novae and published an amateur astronomy newsletter.Naming citation (20051215/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Milicevic is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Milicevic is 3.51 au from the Sun and 4.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10241 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 AU6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,631 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 3.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.55 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.164 |
| Inclination | 1.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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