(269243) Charbonnel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 2008 by Lopez, J. M., Cavadore, C. at Pises.
Stephane Charbonnel (b. 1973) is a French professor of Physics. An enthusiastic amateur astronomer, he has performed asteroid photometric observations to determine their shape, and spectrographic observations of galactic Novae.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Charbonnel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Charbonnel is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 269243 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 QN14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,144 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.04 |
| Orbital period | 5.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 1.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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