(10872) Vaculik Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1996 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.
Ludvík Vaculík (b. 1926), Czech writer and journalist, was one of the most famous writers in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s. He described his experiences in the book A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vaculik is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vaculik is 2.64 au from the Sun and 3.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10872 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TJ9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0813 |
| Inclination | 2.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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