(10778) Marcks Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981) was master of the potter's shop in Dornburg, a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar and until 1933 director of the Arts and Crafts School in Halle-Giebichenstein. Until 1945 his representations of animals, figurines, drawings and woodcuts were regarded as degenerate.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marcks is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marcks is 1.86 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10778 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 GN10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 4.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.852 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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