(10634) Pepibican Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 1998 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Josef (“Pepi”) Bican (b. 1913), proclaimed the century's best center-forward by the International Federation of Soccer Historians and Statisticians, represented Austria in 19 and Czechoslovakia in 14 international matches and scored more than 5000 goals in his career. After retirement he developed an interest in astronomy.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pepibican is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepibican is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10634 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 GM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.62 km (#11,394 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0172 |
| Inclination | 4.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.