10649 VOC

Summary

10649 VOC is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10649 VOC is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10649 VOC is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10649 VOC is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10649 VOC's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10649 VOC's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Dutch East India Company is named after 10649 VOC^[8].
• 10649 VOC's follows is recorded as 10648 Plancius^[9].
• 10649 VOC's followed by is recorded as 10650 Houtman^[10].
• 10649 VOC's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10649 VOC's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10649 VOC's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 HG5^[13].
• 10649 VOC's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HW24^[14].
• 10649 VOC's provisional designation is recorded as 4098 P-L^[15].
• 10649 VOC's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 10649 VOC's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g0696^[17].
• 10649 VOC's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010649^[18].
• 10649 VOC's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 10649 VOC's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[20].
• 10649 VOC's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232850'}^[21].
• 10649 VOC's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1202516123591298'}^[22].
• 10649 VOC's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[23].
• 10649 VOC's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.65'}^[24].
• 10649 VOC's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.34872'}^[25].
• 10649 VOC's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.357772079267056'}^[26].
• 10649 VOC's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.72'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10649 VOC's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Dutch East India Company is named after 10649 VOC^[8].

Why It Matters

10649 VOC ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]