(8687) Caussols Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
The observatory at Caussols, in the French Alpes Maritimes, is situated above the northern part of a 1100-m high, open and flat plain, the Plateau de Caussols, about 10 km from the Route Napoléon. Down the hill lies a tiny village Hamlet of Caussols, with only a few inhabitants.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #1, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caussols is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caussols is 2.48 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8687 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 PV |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.96 km (#15,314 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0719 |
| Inclination | 2.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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