(10814) Gnisvard Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Gnisvärd is a small fishing village on Gotland. One of the largest stone ships on the island, almost 50 meters in length, can be found there.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Gnisvard is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gnisvard is 3.49 au from the Sun and 4.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10814
Provisional designation1993 FW31
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.84 km (#5,197 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.200
Absolute magnitude (H)12.66
Orbital period5.65 years
Semi-major axis3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.85 – 3.49 au
Eccentricity0.101
Inclination11.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.86 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 March 1993

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