(10839) Hufeland Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1994 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The German physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762-1836) was professor of medicine in Jena and Berlin. He attended Schiller and Goethe, tried to reconcile the methods of naturopathy with scientific findings and introduced smallpox vaccination. Die Kunst, das menschliche Leben zu verlängern is his chief work.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hufeland is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hufeland is 3.25 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10839 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 GY9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.82 km (#5,897 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.212 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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