(280642) Doubs Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 January 2005 by M. Ory at Vicques.
The Doubs is a 453-km-long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the Jura mountains.Naming citation (20111012/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Doubs is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Doubs is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 280642 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 AR27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.262 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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