(10049) Vorovich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1986 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Iosif Izrailevich Vorovich (b. 1920) is a prominent mathematician. He developed topological and variation methods of nonlinear analysis for the investigation of plates and shells. The name was suggested by V. J. Judovich.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vorovich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vorovich is 3.36 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10049 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 TZ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.08 km (#8,806 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.302 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 4.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 October 1986
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- (3858) Dorchester
- (4256) Kagamigawa
- (5900) Jensen
- (6592) Goya
- (10048) Gronbech
- (10723) Tobiashinse
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