(10296) Rominadisisto Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Romina Paula Di Sisto (b. 1970) is an astronomer at the La Plata University of Argentina whose research includes the dynamics and collisional evolution of Centaurs, Jupiter family comets, and Hilda and Trojan asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rominadisisto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rominadisisto is 4.64 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10296 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 RQ12 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.1 km (#3,375 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
| Orbital period | 7.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.96 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.12 – 4.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 3.50° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Romina
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