(10524) Maniewski Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jan Maniewski (b. 1933), a medical doctor in Antwerp, has been immortalized in Elsschot's Tjip de Leeuwentemmer, which tells the story how he was kidnapped by his Polish grandmother in order to receive a catholic education.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maniewski is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maniewski is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10524 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 SZ7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.17 km (#12,331 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.404 |
| Rotation period | 5.20 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 6.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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