(10272) Yuko Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Yuko Kimura (b. 1981) is an administrative associate at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan who organizes international collaboration programs promoting studies of asteroids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Yuko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yuko is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10272 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EF13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.95 km (#12,856 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 11.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
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