(35429) Bochartdesaron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Bochart de Saron (1730–1794) was a French magistrate and president of the Paris parliament. An amateur astronomer and mathematician, he was the first to compute a circular orbit for Uranus, and he computed orbits for many of Messier's comets until his death during the French Revolution.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bochartdesaron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bochartdesaron is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35429 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BW4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,703 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.328 |
| Rotation period | 2.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 3.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Gaspard
All asteroids named after someone called Gaspard
Also discovered on 18 January 1998
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