(10966) van der Hucht Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Karel A. van der Hucht (b. 1946) is an astronomer at the space research center in Utrecht. An authority on Wolf-Rayet stars, he compiled the Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars. He was appointed assistant general secretary of the IAU in 2003.Naming citation (20060219/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van der Hucht is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van der Hucht is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10966 |
| Provisional designation | 3308 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.54 km (#7,071 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.33 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 1.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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