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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1993 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10828 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1993 TE5 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6968189 |
| Peri | 1.6999475 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2267283 |
| Orbital period | 1190.5661522 |
| Mean anomaly | 215.55314 |
| Inclination | 2.96522 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 280.70341 |
| Argument of peri | 46.39486 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
10828 Tomjones (1993 TE5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1993 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. The asteroid is named for Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut and planetary scientist.[1]
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