(6605) Carmontelle Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Louis de Carmontelle (1717-1806) was a French painter and architect. Inventor of the magic lantern, he developed a device for showing paintings in motion. He made portraits in pen and watercolor of notable persons he met and created the Folies de Chartres, a landscape garden, in Paris.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carmontelle is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carmontelle is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6605 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 SM9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.54 km (#7,063 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.92 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0759 |
| Inclination | 3.17° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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