(10942) Natashamaniar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Natasha M. Maniar (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her computational biology and bioinformatics project. She attended the Harker School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Natashamaniar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Natashamaniar is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10942 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CN83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.30 km (#6,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (16013) Schmidgall
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