(10986) Govert Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Govert Schilling (b. 1956) is a Dutch amateur astronomer and science writer. He has been popularizing astronomy since the early 1970s, later as editor of the Dutch astronomical magazine Zenit and as leader of the Amsterdam planetarium. The name was suggested by C. E. Koppeschaar.Naming citation (20070926/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Govert is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Govert is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10986 |
| Provisional designation | 4313 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,192 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 2.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.960 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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