(10269) Tusi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi Abu Djafar Mukhammed ibn Mukhammed (1201-1274) was an outstanding Azerbaijanian astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. He founded the Maraga Observatory, then the largest in the world.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tusi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tusi is 3.68 au from the Sun and 4.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10269 |
| Provisional designation | 1979 SU11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.7 km (#2,969 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 10.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.72 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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