(10637) Heimlich Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 August 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Henry J. Heimlich is an American surgeon who in the early 1970s devised the “Heimlich maneuver”, a potentially life-saving procedure for propelling food or other foreign objects up and out of the throat.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Heimlich is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heimlich is 3.26 au from the Sun and 2.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10637 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QP104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 14.3 km (#3,310 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.10 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0257 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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