(10369) Sinden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1995 by D. J. Asher at Siding Spring.
David Sinden (b. 1932), as chief optician for Grubb-Parsons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was responsible for the optical components of the Isaac Newton, Anglo-Australian and U.K. Schmidt telescopes. In 1979, he founded the Sinden Optical Company, which in 2003 restored Thomas Grubb's first reflector (1834).Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sinden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sinden is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.95 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10369 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CE2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.4 km (#3,561 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0413 |
| Inclination | 28.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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