(10323) Frazer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
James George Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered for The Golden Bough, a study in comparative religion (in 12 volumes). The work sets forth a mass of evidence for establishing the thesis that human beings must have begun with magic and progressed to religion and from that to science.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Frazer is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Frazer is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10323 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VW6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.67 km (#13,535 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.301 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 3.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.863 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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