(125592) Buthiers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 2001 by J.-C. Merlin at Buthiers.
The Buthiers Observatory was established in the forest of Fontainebleau in 2000 under the auspices of the Association Nationale Sciences Techniques Jeunesse (now the Association Planète Sciences).Naming citation (20060613/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buthiers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buthiers is 2.25 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 125592 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 XO33 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,317 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.