
Asteroid 10251, Mulisch, was discovered on March 26, 1971 by C. J. van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels during the course of the Palomar-Leiden Survey. It has a period of 3 years, 206 days.
It was named for prominent Dutch writer Harry Mulisch (1927-2010). He has written novels, plays, essays, poems and works of philosopher; his greatest work is considered to be The Discovery of Heaven (1992).

Harry Mulisch
The meaning of asteroid Mulisch, though, seems to be what the name might suggest to an English speaker: mulish, refusal to cooperate