(1965) van de Kamp Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Named in honor of Peter van de Kamp, director of Sproul Observatory from 1937 until 1972, well known for his investigations on astrometric binary stars.Naming citation (MPC 5038), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where van de Kamp is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van de Kamp is 2.36 au from the Sun and 1.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	1965
Provisional designation	2521 P-L
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	13.6 km (#3,519 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.151
Rotation period	36.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.06
Orbital period	4.12 years
Semi-major axis	2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.30 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity	0.104
Inclination	2.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.31 au

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

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

All 958

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