(10649) VOC Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
VOC means Vereeniging van de Oostindische Company, the Dutch East India Company founded in 1502 shortly after the discovery of the ship route to the East. The company organized trade with the Eastern countries and existed until 1795.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where VOC is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: VOC is 2.80 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10649 |
| Provisional designation | 4098 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.21 km (#14,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.326 |
| Rotation period | 3.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 8.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites