(10343) Church Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1991 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Frederic Edward Church (1826-1900) was one of several American artists of the Hudson River School who strove to paint the wonders of nature in meticulous and dynamically detailed landscapes. He was perhaps the most famous American painter of his time.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Church is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Church is 3.55 au from the Sun and 4.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10343 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VW8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.1 km (#5,043 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Rotation period | 13.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.151 |
| Inclination | 2.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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