(10448) Schawlow Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999), American physicist, shared part of the 1981 Nobel Prize for physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen for contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy. The name was suggested by W. A. Fröger.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schawlow is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schawlow is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10448 |
| Provisional designation | 4314 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.07 km (#8,825 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.303 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.84 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0473 |
| Inclination | 3.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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