(10692) Opeil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Cyril P. Opeil SJ (b. 1960) is a professor at Boston College studying the thermal properties of meteorites to improve understanding of orbital and rotational changes caused by the re-radiation of solar flux.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Opeil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Opeil is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10692 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EK19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.13 km (#14,903 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 4.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.970 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cyril
All asteroids named after someone called Cyril
Also discovered on 2 March 1981
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- (2919) Dali
- (2980) Cameron
- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3121) Tamines
- (3122) Florence
- (3207) Spinrad
- (3252) Johnny
- (3304) Pearce
- (3524) Schulz
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- (2884) Reddish
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- (2981) Chagall
- (2990) Trimberger
- (3000) Leonardo
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
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