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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 20, 1993 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10830 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1993 UT6 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1318904 |
| Peri | 2.1869206 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1776656 |
| Orbital period | 1584.0732349 |
| Mean anomaly | 55.33924 |
| Inclination | 11.13790 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 178.86235 |
| Argument of peri | 306.90391 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
10830 Desforges (1993 UT6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 20, 1993 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. The asteroid is named for Jacques Desforges (1723–1791), a French priest who was imprisoned for eight months in 1758 in the Bastille, during which time he planned the construction of a flying machine.[1]
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