(10014) Shaim Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1978 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj.
Shaim is a town in the Tyumen province of the Russian Federation. In its environs the first oil field in western Siberia was discovered in 1959.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shaim is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shaim is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10014 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 SE3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.40 km (#7,209 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2771) Polzunov
- (2890) Vilyujsk
- (2978) Roudebush
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- (3190) Aposhanskij
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- (3558) Shishkin
- (3586) Vasnetsov
- (3600) Archimedes
- (3655) Eupraksia
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