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10245 Inselsberg

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Discovery date
  
24 September 1960

Observation arc
  
22457 days (61.48 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
MPC designation
  
10245

Alternative names
  
6071 P-L

Discovered
  
24 September 1960

Asteroid family
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by T. Gehrels.

Aphelion
  
3.0312935 AU (453.47505 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.5341878 AU (379.10910 Gm)

Discoverers
  
Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

10245 Inselsberg (6071 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. It was named after the mountain Großer Inselsberg in Thuringia.

References

10245 Inselsberg Wikipedia