(10256) Vredevoogd Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
North of the Lahn river lies the Westerwald, a low mountain range with some volcanoes, blending into the “Siebengebirge”, a range of seven extinct volcanic mountains.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vredevoogd is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vredevoogd is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10256 |
| Provisional designation | 4157 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.43 km (#14,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Rotation period | 20.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 5.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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