(10286) Shnollia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1982 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Simon Elievich Shnoll (b. 1930) is a biophysicist and biochemist at Moscow University and at the Institute of Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of books about the fates of outstanding Soviet biologists.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Shnollia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Shnollia is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10286 |
| Provisional designation | 1982 SM6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.16 km (#12,370 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Rotation period | 13.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 6.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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