(10975) Schelderode Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Schelderode is an agrarian village founded in the tenth century and located along the river Schelde in Flanders, Belgium. It has been the workplace and residence of Belgian astronomer Christiaan Sterken for more than three decades.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schelderode is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schelderode is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10975 |
| Provisional designation | 2246 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.47 km (#14,050 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.280 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.202 |
| Inclination | 3.74° |
| 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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