(10970) de Zeeuw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Pieter Timotheus (Tim) de Zeeuw (b. 1956) is currently director of Leiden Observatory and of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA). He has made substantial contributions to galaxy dynamics and has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Claude Bernard University of Lyon.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where de Zeeuw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: de Zeeuw is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10970 |
| Provisional designation | 1079 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.72 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 1.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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