(375007) Buxy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 April 2007 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
The town of Buxy is located in the department of Saône-et-Loire (Burgundy, France) between Chalon-sur-Saône and Le Creusot. Buxy hosts the observatory of the Society of Astronomy of Saône-et-Loire, which now houses the old telescope made by the discoverer in 1985.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Buxy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Buxy is 2.49 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 375007 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 GQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.47 – 3.13 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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