(9492) Veltman Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Martinus J. G. Veltman (b. 1931) is professor of physics at the Universities of Utrecht and Michigan. Together with his colleague G. 't Hooft he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics, awarded for placing particle physics theory on a firmer mathematical foundation and for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Veltman is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veltman is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.26 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	9492
Provisional designation	2066 T-1
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.81 km (#15,650 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.243
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.77
Orbital period	3.23 years
Semi-major axis	2.18 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.89 – 2.48 au
Eccentricity	0.136
Inclination	2.91°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.894 au

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

Also discovered on 25 March 1971

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

All 958

← (9491) Thooft · (9493) Enescu →