(10066) Pihack Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 December 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Brian Pihack (b.1956) is a chiropractor and amateur astronomer who has served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Niagara Centre. He has given hundreds of introductory astronomy lectures and classes to children, students and adults throughout the Niagara Falls and St. Catharines region of southern Ontario.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pihack is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pihack is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10066 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 XV2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 3.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.764 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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