(10708) Richardspalding Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 October 1981 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Richard Spalding (b. 1935) is an engineer at Sandia National Laboratories whose satellite projects include the detection of Gamma Ray Bursts and transient atmospheric phenomena generated by lightning and meteors.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Richardspalding is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Richardspalding is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10708 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 UE26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.91 km (#6,680 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.235 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.97 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0728 |
| Inclination | 3.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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