(46610) Besixdouze Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
The decimal number 46610 translates to the hexadecimal B612, the designation of the fictitious minor planet in de St. Exupéry's 1943 novel Le Petit Prince. B612 was allegedly spotted on a single night in 1909 and reported at a meeting in 1920. The name was suggested independently by F. Hémery and J. Grygar.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Besixdouze is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Besixdouze is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 46610 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.06 km (#16,969 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 2.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.862 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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