(124104) Balcony Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 2001 by St. Veran at St. Veran.
Balcony is the nickname of Francis Faux (b. 1959), a French amateur astronomer who lives in Médoc, in the Bordeaux wine region. He is a friend of Michel Hernandez, one of the discoverers of this minor planet.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Balcony is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Balcony is 2.60 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 124104 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 HJ46 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.49 km (#16,280 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.14 |
| Orbital period | 3.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 2.93° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.855 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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