(10668) Plansos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1976 by R. M. West at La Silla.
Named in honor of the discoverer's grandchildren: Pandora Mae Honiara (b. 2000), Noël Richard (b. 2000), Alexander Richard (b. 2001), Orlando Harry Tengis (b. 2002), Samuel Philip (b. 2004), Salomé Olivia Lindsay (b. 2005), Lidia Philipa (b. 2007). The name is an anagram of the first name initials.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Plansos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Plansos is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10668 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 UB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,629 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 7.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 October 1976
- (2052) Tamriko
- (2053) Nuki
- (2115) Irakli
- (2116) Mtskheta
- (2145) Blaauw
- (2146) Stentor
- (2148) Epeios
- (2187) La Silla
- (2935) Naerum