10476 Los Molinos
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
| (10476) Los Molinos | |
Named after | Los Molinos Observatory (Uruguayan observatory) |
| 1981 EY38 · 1978 NB3 | |
| main-belt · (inner) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 39.31 yr (14,358 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9165 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7185 AU |
| 2.3175 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2585 |
| 3.53 yr (1,289 days) | |
| 95.559° | |
| 0° 16m 45.84s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.4472° |
| 249.86° | |
| 38.678° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.853±0.014 km 2.96 km (calculated) |
| 267.906±1.9703 h | |
| 0.20 (assumed) 0.3424±0.0425 | |
| S | |
| 14.4 · 14.556±0.003 (R) · 14.6 · 15.01 · 15.33±0.50 | |
10476 Los Molinos (provisional designation 1981 EY38) is a stony background asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The asteroid was named for the Los Molinos Observatory in Uruguay.