(371220) Angers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 January 2006 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Angers is a city in western France about 300 km southwest of Paris. It is chef-lieu of the Maine-et-Loire department and was, before the French Revolution, the capital of the province of Anjou. In the 5th century BCE, the Celtic people of the Andes settled in the region of Angers and gave it its name.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Angers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Angers is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 371220 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 BD8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 8.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.