(10348) Poelchau Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 1992 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
As a chaplain at the penitentiaries of Tegel, Plötzensee and Brandenburg-Görden in Berlin during 1933-1945, protestant theologian Harald Poelchau (1903-1972) comforted more than a thousand people condemned to death by the nazi regime.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Poelchau is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poelchau is 2.04 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10348 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 HL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,810 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Rotation period | 3.31 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 8.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.966 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.