(10251) Mulisch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Harry Mulisch (b. 1927) is one of the great post-war Dutch writers. He has written novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. The Discovery of Heaven (1992) is his magnum opus.Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mulisch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mulisch is 2.27 au from the Sun and 1.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10251 |
| Provisional designation | 3089 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.40 km (#16,454 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0864 |
| Inclination | 2.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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