(9346) Fernandel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Fernand Joseph Désié Contandin, known as screen actor Fernandel (1903-1971), made the unforgettable movie La Vache et le Prisonnier in 1959, together with the cow Maguerite. He also created the character Don Camillo, based on the work of Giovanni Guareschi.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fernandel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fernandel is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9346 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RN11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.72 km (#11,169 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.165 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.08 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 3.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Fernand
All asteroids named after someone called Fernand
Also discovered on 4 September 1991
- (6789) Milkey
- (7420) Buffon
- (8370) Vanlindt
- (8515) Corvan
- (9594) Garstang
- (10784) Noailles
- (10785) Dejaiffe
- (11059) Nulliusinverba
- (12301) Eotvos
- (13533) Junili
- (13534) Alain-Fournier
- (21073) Darksky
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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