(10657) Wanach Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Bernhard Karl Wanach (1867-1928) carried out pioneering work on polar motion with C. T. Albrecht, whom he succeeded as head of the International Latitude Service.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Wanach is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Wanach is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10657 |
| Provisional designation | 2251 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.65 km (#13,584 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0442 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Bernhard
All asteroids named after someone called Bernhard
Also discovered on 25 March 1971
- (1873) Agenor
- (5408) The
- (6072) Hooghoudt
- (6616) Plotinos
- (6617) Boethius
- (6673) Degas
- (6751) van Genderen
- (7148) Reinholdbien
- (7211) Xerxes
- (7314) Pevsner
- (7624) Gluck
- (7690) Sackler