(10529) Giessenburg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Dutch writer, freemason and editor Rudolf Charles d´Ablaing van Giessenburg (1826-1904) will always be remembered for the first complete edition (1864) of Le Testament de Jean Meslier, Curé d´Etrépigny (1727).Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Giessenburg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giessenburg is 1.94 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10529 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 WQ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,288 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 3.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.775 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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