(41184) Devogele Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Maxime Devogèle (b. 1989) is a postdoctoral associate at Lowell Observatory who received his Ph.D. in 2017 from the Universite de Liège and the Universite Cote d'Azur. His work includes measuring the polarimetric properties of near-Earth and Main Belt asteroids.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Devogele is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Devogele is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.59 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41184 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VW199 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.26 km (#10,118 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Rotation period | 29.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 17.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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