(10280) Yequanzhi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Quan-Zhi Ye (b. 1988) is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology who studies the transitions between asteroids and comets and associated meteor streams.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yequanzhi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yequanzhi is 2.12 au from the Sun and 1.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10280 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EA43 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.44 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 1.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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