(46610) Bésixdouze

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Asteroid
(46610) Bésixdouze
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2696  AU
eccentricity 0.1813
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8581 AU - 2.6812 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.4053 °
Length of the ascending node 172.1347 °
Argument of the periapsis 211.8865 °
Sidereal period 3.42 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.76 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 2.064 ± 0.499 km
Albedo 0.262
Absolute brightness 15.4 mag
history
Explorer K. Endate,
K. Watanabe
Date of discovery October 15, 1993
Another name 1993 TQ 1 , 1986 RU 7 , 2000 VV 32
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(46610) Bésixdouze is an asteroid from the main asteroid belt .

He was discovered on October 15, 1993 by Kin Endate and Kazurō Watanabe in Kitami . In 2002 he was officially named Bésixdouze.

The name alludes to the story The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry . The main character of this story lives on an asteroid called B612. Be-six-twelve is Bé-six-douze in French. It is also no coincidence that the asteroid with the number 46610 was given this name: B612 corresponds to the hexadecimal notation of the decimal number 46610.

Bésixdouze is on average 2.27 AU ( Earth orbit radii ) away from the Sun. Its orbital eccentricity is 0.18.

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