10440 van Swinden

Summary

10440 van Swinden is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10440 van Swinden is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10440 van Swinden is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10440 van Swinden is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10440 van Swinden's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10440 van Swinden's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Jean Henri van Swinden is named after 10440 van Swinden^[8].
• 10440 van Swinden's follows is recorded as 10439 van Schooten^[9].
• 10440 van Swinden's followed by is recorded as 10441 van Rijckevorsel^[10].
• 10440 van Swinden's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10440 van Swinden's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10440 van Swinden's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SD23^[13].
• 10440 van Swinden's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FZ23^[14].
• 10440 van Swinden's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GC20^[15].
• 10440 van Swinden's provisional designation is recorded as 7636 P-L^[16].
• 10440 van Swinden's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 10440 van Swinden's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhnjm^[18].
• 10440 van Swinden's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010440^[19].
• 10440 van Swinden's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 10440 van Swinden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 10440 van Swinden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1211923'}^[22].
• 10440 van Swinden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1213244122411235'}^[23].
• 10440 van Swinden's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[24].
• 10440 van Swinden's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.6'}^[25].
• 10440 van Swinden's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.19534'}^[26].
• 10440 van Swinden's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.190716077122904'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10440 van Swinden's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Jean Henri van Swinden is named after 10440 van Swinden^[8].

Why It Matters

10440 van Swinden ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]