(10850) Denso Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 January 1995 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Denso Corporation, for which the discoverer worked for eight years as an electrical engineer, is the largest manufacturer of automobile parts in Japan.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Denso is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Denso is 1.97 au from the Sun and 1.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10850 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 BU4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.53 km (#17,337 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.397 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 8.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.796 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.