(10982) Poerink Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
A Dutch meteor researcher for more than 20 years, Urijan Poerink (b. 1953) was particularly involved in expeditions to southern France for observing the Perseids in 1993 and to South Korea, Jordan and Spain for the Leonids during 1998-2002. The name was suggested by H. van Woerden, S. van Leverink and A. van der Brugge.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Poerink is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Poerink is 3.88 au from the Sun and 4.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10982 |
| Provisional designation | 2672 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.99 km (#5,102 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 4.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.294 |
| Inclination | 13.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.