(233707) Alfons Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 2008 by R. Apitzsch at Wildberg.
Emmanuel Peterfalvi (b. 1967), known as “Alfons”, is a French-German cabaret artist.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Alfons is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alfons is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 233707 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 SA83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0795 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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