(27968) Bobylapointe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Boby Lapointe (1922-1972) was a French singer famous for his songs full of word play, puns and alliterations. He was also a mathematician who invented in 1968 a hexadecimal counting system, called bi-bi-binary.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bobylapointe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bobylapointe is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27968 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TM1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.56 |
| Orbital period | 3.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 0.872° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.