(10168) Stony Ridge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 February 1995 by Child, J. B., Rogers, J. E. at Stony Ridge.
Named in honor and memory of the gifted and talented amateur astronomers who founded Stony Ridge Observatory, near Mount Wilson, in 1957. They are Anthony L. Bland, Norman L. Boltz, Charles Buzzetti, George A. Carroll, Roy R. Cook, Alvin E. Cram, Roy K. Ensign, W. H. Griffith, Harold J. Ireland, J. George Moyen, Norris A. Roberts, Easy Sloman, John Sousa, John Terlep and Dave Thomas. Starting in 1964, the observatory was used by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center in St. Louis to map potential landing sites for the Apollo space program.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stony Ridge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stony Ridge is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10168 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0837 |
| Inclination | 7.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.55 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.