(10763) Hlawka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1990 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Edmund Hlawka (b. 1916) is the most famous living Austrian mathematician and a prominent university teacher in Vienna. He contributed important theorems to the geometry of numbers, to the theory of uniform distribution, and to numerical integration. The citation was prepared by H. Haupt.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hlawka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hlawka is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10763 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 TH13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.23 km (#5,597 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Rotation period | 6.68 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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