- 10653 Witsen
Infobox Planet
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width = 25em
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apsis =
name = Witsen
symbol =
caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = C. J. van Houten andI. van Houten-Groeneveld
discovery_site =Palomar Observatory
discovered =September 24 ,1960
designations = yes
mp_name = 10653
alt_names = 6030 P-L
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.7025392
perihelion = 3.6135204
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0121676
period = 2555.4611376
avg_speed =
inclination = 3.30077
asc_node = 181.40792
mean_anomaly = 214.51175
arg_peri = 263.67787
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo =
temperatures=
temp_name1 =
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 =
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 12.510653 Witsen (6030 P-L) is a
Outer Main-belt Asteroid discovered onSeptember 24 ,1960 by C. J. van Houten andI. van Houten-Groeneveld atPalomar Observatory .External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=10653+Witsen JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 10653 Witsen]
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