(10288) Saville Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 November 1983 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Curt Saville (1946-2001) was an avid ocean and arctic explorer. He rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Saville also worked to encourage scientific exploration of the Earth and space. The name was suggested by P. C. Thomas.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saville is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saville is 2.15 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10288 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 WN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.55 km (#6,111 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Rotation period | 5.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.75 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.248 |
| Inclination | 9.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.776 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Curt
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Also discovered on 28 November 1983
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- (5226) Pollack
- (7923) Chyba
- (8146) Jimbell
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