(10650) Houtman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I. at Palomar.
Cornelis de Houtman (1565-1599) sailed south with four ships in 1595 to find a route to the East Indies. In 1597 he returned and thus proved that, for the Dutch, trading with the Orient was possible. His brother Fredrick de Houtman (1571-1627) outlined twelve new southern constellations.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Houtman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Houtman is 2.00 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10650 |
| Provisional designation | 4110 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.15 km (#16,839 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.316 |
| Rotation period | 33.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.02° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.957 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Cornelis
All asteroids named after someone called Cornelis
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites