(440670) Becassine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2005 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Bécassine is a French children's comic book character created by screenwriter Jacqueline Rivière and designer Joseph Pinchon. She appeared for the first time in the weekly for young girls La Semaine de Suzette on February 2, 1905. From 1913 to 1939, at least one album was published each year by Pinchon and Maurice Languereau (aka Caumery).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #16, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Becassine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Becassine is 1.87 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 440670 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 YL4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.76 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 3.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.776 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.