(227930) Athos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 April 2007 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.
Olivier d'Athos de la Fère is a fictional character, a Musketeer of the Guard in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Athos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Athos is 3.51 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 227930 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 GG6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 9.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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