(10041) Parkinson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 April 1985 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Bradford Parkinson led a team that developed the Global Positioning System with revolutionary tracking technology. The GPS has transformed navigation, recreation, law enforcement and all sciences requiring precise knowledge of location.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Parkinson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Parkinson is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10041 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 HS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.84 km (#13,128 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 2.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.199 |
| Inclination | 23.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.884 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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