(9059) Dumas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), the grandson of a French marquis and the son of a French general in Napoleon's army, is a very well known writer. Who has not heard of or read his novels Le Comte de Monte Cristo and Les trois Mousquetaires?Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dumas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dumas is 2.04 au from the Sun and 3.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9059 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 PJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.17 km (#14,773 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0788 |
| Inclination | 2.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alexandre
All asteroids named after someone called Alexandre
Also discovered on 8 August 1992
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- (8523) Bouillabaisse
- (8687) Caussols
- (8688) Delaunay
- (12320) Loschmidt
- (13088) Filipportera
- (20032) McNish
- (20033) Michaelnoble
- (21104) Sveshnikov
- (22341) Francispoulenc
- (90732) Opdebeeck