(10628) Feuerbacher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Berndt Feuerbacher (b. 1940) was for two decades head of the Institute of Space Simulation at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne. His institute has performed pioneering research work in space. He initiated the development of the comet lander Philae as part of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feuerbacher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feuerbacher is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10628 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BD5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,551 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Rotation period | 4.47 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 5.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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