(3256) Daguerre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1981 by Skiff, B. A., Thomas, N. G. at Anderson Mesa.
Named for the Frenchman Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787–1851), who invented the daguerrotype photographic process in 1835.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Daguerre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daguerre is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3256 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 SJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 20.6 km (#2,136 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0971 |
| Inclination | 7.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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