(10358) Kirchhoff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887) was a German physicist who, together with Robert Bunsen, founded the discipline of spectrum analysis. They demonstrated that an element gives off a characteristic colored light when heated to incandescence.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kirchhoff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kirchhoff is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10358 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TH32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.54 km (#11,547 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Rotation period | 7.41 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 2.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.927 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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