(48529) von Wrangel Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797-1870), a Baltic German explorer and one of the founders of the Russian Geographic Society, studied glaciology, geomagnetics and climatology. Noticing swarms of birds flying northward from near the Kolyma river, he correctly deduced that there must be an island in the Arctic Ocean.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where von Wrangel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: von Wrangel is 3.48 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48529 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 OV10 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.94 km (#5,138 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 7.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.05 – 4.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.234 |
| Inclination | 2.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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