(284996) Rosaparks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 June 2010 by WISE at WISE.
African-American Rosa Parks (1913-2005) refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her action forced the city to end segregation of public buses and spurred efforts throughout the United States to end segregation. She is known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rosaparks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rosaparks is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 284996 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 LD58 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,931 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.124 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.