(10124) Hemse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Hemse, the second largest town on the island of Gotland, is the central node of the southern region. Close to the town there are two pastoral meadows typical of the island.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hemse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hemse is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10124 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FE23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,314 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.182 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 8.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 March 1993
- (5630) Billschaefer
- (6102) Visby
- (6528) Boden
- (6796) Sundsvall
- (6797) Ostersund
- (7595) Vaxjo
- (7831) Francois-Xavier
- (8535) Pellesvanslos
- (8536) Mans
- (8537) Billochbull
- (8538) Gammelmaja
- (8697) Olofsson