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10249 Harz

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Discovery date
  
17 October 1960

Observation arc
  
20241 days (55.42 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
MPC designation
  
10249

Alternative names
  
9515 P-L

Discovered
  
17 October 1960

Named after
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

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

Aphelion
  
2.8158912 AU (421.25133 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.3403589 AU (350.11271 Gm)

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

10249 Harz (9515 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.

It is named after the Harz Mountains in Germany.

References

10249 Harz Wikipedia