(59793) Clapies Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 July 1999 by Pises at Pises.
French mathematician and cartographer Jean de Clapiès (1670-1740) was involved with Plantade in the observations of the 1706 total solar eclipse from Montpellier's Babote Tower.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Clapies is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Clapies is 2.97 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59793 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 OD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.29 km (#10,061 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.96 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0345 |
| Inclination | 11.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.95 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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