(175046) Corporon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2004 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.
Serge Corporon (b. 1948), a retired electronics engineer, works with the discoverer in constructing a very sensitive CCD camera for the Meudon Observatory, with a view to the observation of solar-system satellites and planetary atmospheres during stellar occultations.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Corporon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Corporon is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 175046 |
| Provisional designation | 2004 FD92 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.34 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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