(30411) Besse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 May 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sébastien Besse (b. 1980) is a French planetary scientist at the European Space Agency (Madrid, Spain). He studies the surface properties of comets, asteroids, the Moon, and Mercury.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Besse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Besse is 1.92 au from the Sun and 1.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30411 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 KP57 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.22 km (#8,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.190 |
| Inclination | 3.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Sebastien
All asteroids named after someone called Sebastien
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