(197864) Florentpagny Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 September 2004 by M. Ory at Vicques.

Florent Pagny (b. 1961) is a French musician. His greatest hits include “N'importe quoi”, “Savoir aimer”, “Ma liberté de penser” and “Les murs porteurs”.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Florentpagny is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Florentpagny is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number197864
Provisional designation2004 RQ1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.83 km (#15,597 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0730
Absolute magnitude (H)16.58
Orbital period3.64 years
Semi-major axis2.36 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.81 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity0.237
Inclination5.28°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.794 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Florent

Also discovered on 5 September 2004

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