(9385) Avignon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named for the city in southeastern France, at the east bank of the Rhône river. In 1309 it became the capital of the Roman Catholic papacy and harbored heretics and criminals. The city is well-known for its Saint-Bénézet bridge, which everyone knows from the song “Sur le pont d´Avignon”.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Avignon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Avignon is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9385 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TJ30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.1 km (#3,689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Rotation period | 4.29 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.250 |
| Inclination | 14.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 October 1993
- (7098) Reaumur
- (8299) Tealeoni
- (8395) Rembaut
- (8541) Schalkenmehren
- (9203) Myrtus
- (9383) Montelimar
- (9384) Aransio
- (10358) Kirchhoff
- (12363) Marinmarais
- (12759) Joule
- (12760) Maxwell
- (12761) Pauwels
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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