(10741) Valeriocarruba Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 September 1988 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Valerio Carruba (b. 1970) is an astronomer at the São Paulo State University in Brazil whose research includes the dynamics and identification of asteroid families and the effect of non-linear secular resonances in the asteroid belt.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valeriocarruba is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valeriocarruba is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10741 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 SF3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.71 km (#9,366 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0938 |
| Inclination | 16.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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