(10191) Scottbolton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1996 by NEAT at Haleakala.
American space physicist Scott J. Bolton (b. 1958) is an associate vice president of the Southwest Research Institute’s Space Science and Engineering Division. He is the Principal Investigator of Juno, a NASA New Frontiers mission to Jupiter. Scott has made significant contributions to planetary sciences, focusing on giant planets and solar system origins.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scottbolton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scottbolton is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10191 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 NU1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.3 km (#3,973 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Rotation period | 14.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.33 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.52 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0576 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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