(10194) Tonygeorge Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1996 by G. R. Viscome at Rand.
Tony George (b. 1947) is an American contributor to occultation astronomy. He has observed more than 300 positive occultations. He helped IOTA observers analyze observations, and his friend Bob Anderson develop Occular, ROTE, and PyMovie/PyOTE. He is a husband, engineer, mountaineer, conservationist, and an avid golfer.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #6, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tonygeorge is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tonygeorge is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10194 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 QN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.57 km (#7,036 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.102 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.38 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Inclination | 9.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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