(10813) Masterby Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

In the Mästerby parish on Gotland a beautiful rural meadow can still be seen, like those formerly seen all over the island.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Masterby is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Masterby is 3.33 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10813
Provisional designation1993 FE31
Orbit classOuter Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.7 km (#3,483 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.149
Absolute magnitude (H)12.74
Orbital period5.76 years
Semi-major axis3.21 au
Perihelion – aphelion3.08 – 3.35 au
Eccentricity0.0426
Inclination21.7°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)2.13 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 March 1993

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