10455 Donnison
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | C.-I. Lagerkvist |
| Discovery site | Mount Stromlo Observatory |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1978 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 10455 |
| Alternative names | 1978 NU3 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8825178 |
| Perihelion | 1.8383896 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2211711 |
| Orbital period | 1324.6210554 |
| Mean anomaly | 66.83121 |
| Inclination | 6.11642 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 137.05958 |
| Argument of perihelion | 185.97332 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
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10455 Donnison (1978 NU3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 9, 1978 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at Mount Stromlo Observatory.
It has been named after J. Richard Donnison, a theoretical astronomer and applied mathematician of Queen Mary, University of London, and formerly of Goldsmiths, University of London.
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