(10061) Ndolaprata Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 August 1988 by A. J. Noymer at Siding Spring.
Ndola de Jesus Veiga Prata (b. 1965), an Angolan medical doctor and public health expert, is a lecturer at the School of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ndolaprata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ndolaprata is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10061 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 PG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,855 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.71 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.