(10465) Olkin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 November 1980 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Catherine B. Olkin (b. 1966) is a researcher at Southwest Research Institute (Boulder, Colorado), Deputy Project Scientist for the New Horizons mission and Deputy Principal Investigator for the Lucy mission. Her studies include stellar occultations, color compositional analysis of the Pluto system, and the study of Trojans.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olkin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olkin is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10465 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 WE5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.6 km (#2,127 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Rotation period | 7.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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