(38470) Deleflie Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 October 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Florent Deleflie (b. 1975) is a French astronomer at IMCCE of the Paris Observatory, specializing in celestial mechanics, dynamics of artificial satellites, and long term orbit propagation.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 20), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Deleflie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deleflie is 4.74 au from the Sun and 5.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 38470 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TL36 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.6 km (#4,265 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.45 |
| Orbital period | 7.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.14 – 4.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 8.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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