(229631) Cluny Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 2006 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
The city of Cluny is in the Saône-et-Loire department (Burgundy, France), 20 km north west of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Cluny Abbey founded by Duke Guillaume I of Aquitaine in 910 C.E. It became the most extensive monastic establishment during the Middle Ages.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cluny is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cluny is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 229631 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 ER |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.120 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.