(10067) Bertuch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Named for the German author, bookseller and successful liberal employer Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), who lived in the city of Weimar. He translated the great Spanish romance Don Quixote into German. In 1786, together with the illustrator G. M. Kraus, he founded the first German fashion magazine, Journal des Luxus und der Moden. In 1798 he published Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden, the first German astronomical journal, and the so-called “Black” star atlas by Goldbach. Bertuch was the owner of the Weimar Geographical Institute, in which von Zach was employed as a supervisor in the field of cartography. Name endorsed by P. Brosche.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bertuch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bertuch is 2.42 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10067 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 AL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.78 km (#15,692 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.361 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0897 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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