(10189) Normanrockwell Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 May 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) spent his career creating images showing American life as he saw it. His distinctive style conveyed emotions in a way rarely achieved in modern art. His work appeared in magazines such as Life, but he earned his reputation through the exposure of 322 covers on The Saturday Evening Post.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Normanrockwell is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Normanrockwell is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10189 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 JK16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.68 km (#5,288 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0912 |
| Inclination | 8.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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