(10543) Klee Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 February 1992 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
One of the most self-willed of the expressionists, Swiss painter and graphic artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a master at the Bauhäuser in Weimar and Dessau and professor at Düsseldorf until his dismissal by the nazi regime.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klee is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klee is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10543 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 DL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.71 km (#15,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.76 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 6.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.870 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.