(10374) Etampes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Etampes, a city on the beautiful Chalouette river near Paris, was founded at the beginning of the seventh century. It is the birthplace of the naturalist Etienne Geoffroy St. Hilaire.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Etampes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Etampes is 1.87 au from the Sun and 0.972 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10374 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 GN19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.77 km (#11,076 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Rotation period | 353 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 4.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.709 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 April 1996
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- (9795) Deprez
- (10183) Ampere
- (11332) Jameswatt
- (12444) Prothoon
- (13641) de Lesseps
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