(10429) van Woerden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Hugo van Woerden (b. 1926) was professor of astronomy in Groningen with a main interest in neutral hydrogen in galaxies. He has been very active in popularizing astronomy and received a Royal Medal “Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw” in 1992. The citation was prepared by U. Schwarz.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van Woerden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van Woerden is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10429 |
| Provisional designation | 2546 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.32 km (#12,008 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.314 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0919 |
| Inclination | 14.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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