(100122) Alpes-Maritimes Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 August 1993 by CERGA at Caussols.
This is the thousandth minor planet numbered from discoveries in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes, beginning in 1885 at the Observatoire de Nice and more recently at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #1, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alpes-Maritimes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alpes-Maritimes is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 100122 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 PE7 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.12 km (#8,759 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 6.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 August 1993
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- (9629) Servet
- (9630) Castellion
- (10137) Thucydides
- (11309) Malus
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- (11946) Bayle
- (11947) Kimclijsters
- (20060) Johannforster