(10327) Batens Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Diderik Batens (b. 1944) is a member of the philosophy department at the University of Ghent. About 20 years ago he founded a new kind of logic (“adaptive logic”) that has led to many publications.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Batens is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Batens is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10327 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 WQ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.19 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Inclination | 4.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 November 1990
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- (6247) Amanogawa
- (8165) Gnadig
- (8503) Masakatsu
- (9589) Deridder
- (10326) Kuragano
- (12278) Kisohinoki
- (30835) Waterloo
- (48448) Tokuda