(10919) Pepikzicha Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1998 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Josef Zicha (b. 1939) was the head engineer for the 2-m telescope at Ondřejov. He now teaches at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, CTU in Prague. He is an enthusiastic amateur musician and organizer of cultural life in and around Ondřejov.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pepikzicha is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pepikzicha is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10919 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 AQ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.4 km (#4,880 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Rotation period | 11.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 4.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0206 |
| Inclination | 4.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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