(10707) Prunariu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (b. 1952 ) became the first Romanian cosmonaut flying in 1981 aboard Soyuz 40 to the Salyut 6 space laboratory. He is one of the proposal initiators for International Asteroid Day (June 30) declared by the UN General Assembly.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Prunariu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Prunariu is 2.02 au from the Sun and 1.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10707 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UV23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.03 km (#8,884 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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