(10863) Oye Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 August 1995 by AMOS at Haleakala.
Jacob and Martha Oye are the grandparents of Paul Kervin, AMOS technical director. Jacob immigrated to the United States from Norway as a young man, and Martha was the daughter of immigrants from Norway to the United States.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oye is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oye is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10863 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 QJ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.63 km (#11,362 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Rotation period | 6.93 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.94 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0710 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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