(29193) Dolphyn Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.

Flemish painter Willem Dolphyn (b. 1935), son of painter Victor Dolphyn and grandson of writer Willem Elsschot, is living proof that artistic sensibility and talent can be passed from one generation to the next. He works in the still-life genre of painting that has been prevalent and respected in Flanders over the centuries.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dolphyn is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dolphyn is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	29193
Provisional designation	1990 WD1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	13.6 km (#3,514 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0380
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.73
Orbital period	5.64 years
Semi-major axis	3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.69 – 3.64 au
Eccentricity	0.150
Inclination	14.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.74 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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