46610 Besixdouze
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | October 15, 1993 |
| Designations | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch July 23, 2010 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6812984 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8593602 AU |
| 2.2703293 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1810174 |
| 1249.486 days | |
| 326.18968° | |
| Inclination | 2.40223° |
| 172.16889° | |
| 211.68772° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.5 | |
46610 Bésixdouze (1993 TQ1) is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
It was formally pinpointed by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe on October 15, 1993.[1]
The name was suggested by F. Hemery and Jiří Grygar as a reference to the French novella The Little Prince. The title character lived on an asteroid named B612, which is the number 46610 written in hexadecimal notation. Bésixdouze is one way to pronounce B612 in French (lit. 'B six twelve').
See also
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names", p. 895
External links
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