(10279) Rhiannonblaauw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Rhiannon Blaauw (b. 1986) is a scientist working at the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office who has developed new techniques for measuring fluxes and particle distributions within meteor showers.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rhiannonblaauw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rhiannonblaauw is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10279 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ET42 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 1.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.868 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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