(10512) Yamandu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1989 by S. J. Bus at Cerro Tololo.
Yamandu Alejandro Fernandez (1927-2010) was a Uruguayan amateur astronomer and communicator who was well known as a telescope builder and observer of variable stars, stellar occultations, novae and comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yamandu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yamandu is 2.11 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10512 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 TP11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.97 km (#5,120 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 3.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 October 1989
- (4264) Karljosephine
- (5476) Mulius
- (5907) Rhigmus
- (7754) Gopalan
- (10513) Mackie
- (11868) Kleinrichert
- (18343) Asja