(10921) Romanozen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 January 1998 by Madonna di Dossobuono at Dossobuono.
Romano Zen (b. 1946) is famous in Italy and abroad for his high-quality optical instruments. He works in a laboratory in Venice and has made some thousands of optical instruments for amateur and professional astronomers.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Romanozen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romanozen is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10921 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.43 km (#16,391 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.473 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.162 |
| Inclination | 4.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.904 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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