1965 van de Kamp
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (1965) van de Kamp | |
Named after | Peter van de Kamp (Dutch astronomer) |
| 2521 P-L · 1927 QG 1956 TN | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 89.57 yr (32,717 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8424 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2934 AU |
| 2.5679 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1069 |
| 4.11 yr (1,503 days) | |
| 246.99° | |
| 0° 14m 22.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.2200° |
| 88.196° | |
| 343.42° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 11.30 km (calculated) 11.72±0.55 km 13.606±0.289 km |
| 36 h | |
| 0.151±0.024 0.20 (assumed) 0.225±0.022 | |
| S | |
| 11.90 · 12.00 · 12.1 · 12.28±0.33 | |
(1965) van de Kamp, provisional designation 2521 P-L, is a stony asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S Palomar Observatory, California. It was later named after Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp.