(10076) Rogerhill Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 August 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
Roger Hill (b. 1955) has been a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Hamilton Centre, for decades and served on the Board for most of that time, including as President. He edited the monthly newsletter Orbit for decades and has been involved with a plethora of outreach activities, including a course for new observers in visual astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #11, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rogerhill is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rogerhill is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10076 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 PK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.54 km (#8,193 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0790 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.314 |
| Inclination | 20.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.774 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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