(10733) Georgesand Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 1988 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant (1804-1876) was a French romantic writer who wrote under the pseudonym of George Sand. As a writer she was an idealist, creating characters in her novels of unbelievable innocence and charm.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Georgesand is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Georgesand is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10733 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 CP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,469 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0790 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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