(52703) Bernardleblanc Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Bernard Leblanc (1941–2015) was a French professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière in Paris. He taught hundreds of photographers and cinematographers the science of sensitometry. He wrote many technical papers on photographic emulsions in magazines like Zoom, le Photographe and Photologie.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bernardleblanc is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bernardleblanc is 3.49 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52703 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FW72 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.33 km (#8,471 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 0.925° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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