(271235) Bellay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 2003 by Saint-Sulpice at Saint-Sulpice.
Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560) was a French poet and a member of the Pleiade, a group of poets co-created with Pierre de Ronsard to defend the French language.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-02-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bellay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bellay is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 271235 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 UX17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.36 |
| Orbital period | 4.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0434 |
| Inclination | 1.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.