10476 Los Molinos

10476 Los Molinos
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. J. Bus
Discovery siteSiding Spring Obs.
Discovery date2 March 1981
Designations
(10476) Los Molinos
Named after
Los Molinos Observatory[2]
(Uruguayan observatory)
1981 EY38 · 1978 NB3
main-belt · (inner)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc39.31 yr (14,358 days)
Aphelion2.9165 AU
Perihelion1.7185 AU
2.3175 AU
Eccentricity0.2585
3.53 yr (1,289 days)
95.559°
0° 16m 45.84s / day
Inclination9.4472°
249.86°
38.678°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.853±0.014 km[5][6]
2.96 km (calculated)[3]
267.906±1.9703 h[7]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.3424±0.0425[5][6]
S[3]
14.4[6] · 14.556±0.003 (R)[7] · 14.6[1] · 15.01[3] · 15.33±0.50[8]

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.[2]

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