(10190) Suzannedodd Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 July 1996 by NEAT at Haleakala.

Suzanne “Suzy” Dodd (b. 1961) is the Director of the Interplanetary Network Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages NASA’s Deep Space Network and Multi-mission Ground Systems and Services programs. She is also the Project Manager for the Voyager Interstellar Mission. She has contributed over 35 years of experience to space missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Suzannedodd is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzannedodd is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10190
Provisional designation1996 NC
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.10 km (#10,437 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.297
Absolute magnitude (H)13.77
Orbital period4.82 years
Semi-major axis2.85 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.75 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.0351
Inclination3.19°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.76 au

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

Also discovered on 14 July 1996

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