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Mikeread Discovery and designationDiscovered by Spacewatch Discovery site Kitt Peak Discovery date November 5, 1991 DesignationsMPC designation 10789 Alternate name(s) 1991 VL10 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.1618052 Peri 2.6525748 Eccentricity 0.0875812 Orbital period 1810.5417890 Mean anomaly 160.24079 Inclination 2.18346 Longitude of ascending node 165.51693 Argument of peri 189.00228 Absolute magnitude (H) 13.8 10789 Mikeread (1991 VL10) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 5, 1991 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It is named for Mike Read, an engineer at that facility.[1]
References
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10789+Mikeread. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
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