(10793) Quito Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Quito, astride the equator, is the capital of Ecuador and the oldest of all the South American capitals. The city was occupied in 1534 by a lieutenant of the conquistador Pizarro.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Quito is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Quito is 3.43 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10793 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 CU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.1 km (#2,876 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Rotation period | 11.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0965 |
| Inclination | 8.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.88 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 February 1992
- (6493) Cathybennett
- (7587) Weckmann
- (8676) Lully
- (10542) Ruckers
- (10792) Ecuador
- (11530) d'Indy
- (13079) Toots
- (24732) Leonardcohen
- (26122) Antonysutton
- (27775) Lilialmanzor
- (79144) Cervantes
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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