(10441) van Rijckevorsel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
At his own expense, Elie van Rijckevorsel (1845-1928) made records at more than 300 places in The Netherlands of the declination, inclination and horizontal intensity of the earth's magnetic field. Carried out during 1889-1892, this was the first overall surveillance of the earth's magnetic field in The Netherlands.Naming citation (20010804/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van Rijckevorsel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van Rijckevorsel is 2.15 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10441 |
| Provisional designation | 9076 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.60 km (#8,126 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.234 |
| Rotation period | 474 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Elie
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