(10784) Noailles Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Anna de Noailles (1876–1933) was the daughter of a Romanian prince and granddaughter of a Turkish pasha. Her volumes of poems, such as Les Éblouissements (1907), are characterized by a sensual love of nature.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Noailles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Noailles is 2.72 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10784 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RQ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.15 km (#8,724 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.245 |
| Rotation period | 2.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0438 |
| Inclination | 15.9° |
| 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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