(10122) Froding Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
The Swedish poet Gustav Fröding (1860-1911) suffered from inherited mental illness. A journalist for the radical newspaper Karlstad-Tidningen, he became inspired by Nietzsche's work. The highly vocal elements in his poems inspired Sibelius to set several of them to music.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Froding is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Froding is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10122 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BC5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.0 km (#4,083 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.54 |
| Orbital period | 5.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 0.508° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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