(10472) Santana-Ros Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Toni Santana-Ros (b. 1984) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of the Adam Mickiewic University in Poznan, Poland where he performs photometric measurements of small bodies in support of the Gaia mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Santana-Ros is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Santana-Ros is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10472 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EO20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.11 km (#14,933 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Rotation period | 5.99 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.82 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 2.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.810 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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