(10794) Vange Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
Vänge is the place where, according to an old saga, a man called Tjelvar first came ashore on Gotland. After he lit a fire the spell was broken, and the island did not sink into the ocean at night any more.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vange is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vange is 3.92 au from the Sun and 4.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10794 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 DW5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.6 km (#4,755 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.36 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 1.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 February 1992
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- (15753) Rathsman
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- (20025) Petronaviera
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