(10125) Stenkyrka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Stenkyrka, a coastal parish on Gotland, hosts one of the largest church towers on the island. In the church can be found the oldest dated gravestone on the island, from the year 1200.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Stenkyrka is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stenkyrka is 1.81 au from the Sun and 1.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10125
Provisional designation1993 FB24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.41 km (#14,211 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.201
Rotation period5.60 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.66
Orbital period3.23 years
Semi-major axis2.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.79 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.182
Inclination4.82°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.779 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 21 March 1993

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