(10952) Vogelsberg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The Vogelsberg (770 m) is the largest German volcanic basalt cone, situated west of the river Fulda and north of the Spessart mountains between the Rhön and Taunus.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vogelsberg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vogelsberg is 3.55 au from the Sun and 3.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10952 |
| Provisional designation | 4152 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.96 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.228 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites