(184535) Audouze Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 2005 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.
Jean Audouze (b. 1940) has worked on cosmic rays, nuclear cosmochronology, explosive nucleosynthetic processes and chemical evolution of galaxies. He directed the Paris Institute of Astrophysics (1978-1989), chaired the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope board (1985-1986) and represents France on the COSPAR board.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Audouze is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Audouze is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 184535 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 QN30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.88 km (#10,844 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.90 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0707 |
| Inclination | 13.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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