(10965) van Leverink Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
For more than 40 years, Simon van Leverink (b. 1947) has been a well-known meteor specialist, traveling all over the world to observe meteors. He is a famous builder of observing equipment such as the Allsky network. The name was suggested by A. H. van der Brugge.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van Leverink is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van Leverink is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10965 |
| Provisional designation | 3297 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.50 km (#5,416 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0940 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 2.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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