(10250) Hellahaasse Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Hella S. Haasse (b. 1918) is one of the greatest Dutch novelists. She wrote over 25 novels, many of them historical, and they have been translated into numerous languages. Some of her most widely read novels, such as Oeroeg, Heren van de thee and Sleuteloog, are set in the Dutch East Indies, where she grew up.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hellahaasse is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hellahaasse is 2.42 au from the Sun and 1.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	10250
Provisional designation	1252 T-1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.51 km (#13,946 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.208
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.58
Orbital period	3.57 years
Semi-major axis	2.34 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.25 – 2.43 au
Eccentricity	0.0384
Inclination	6.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.25 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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Also discovered on 25 March 1971

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