(10834) Zembsch-Schreve Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 1993 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Guido Zembsch-Schreve (b. 1916) parachuted as an allied agent into occupied France in 1943. He was betrayed in 1944 and eventually sent to Dora, where the V-2 rockets were manufactured. He escaped and wrote Pierre Lalande: Special Agent.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zembsch-Schreve is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zembsch-Schreve is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10834 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 VU5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.08 km (#12,545 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.243 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 3.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0671 |
| Inclination | 5.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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