(10693) Zangari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Amanda M. Zangari (b. 1986) is a postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute (Boulder, Colorado) whose studies include photometry and stellar occultations of the Pluto system and other Kuiper belt objects.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zangari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zangari is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10693 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ES20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.78 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.53 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0555 |
| Inclination | 2.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.52 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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