(52602) Floriansignoret Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Florian Signoret (b. 1983) is a French computer scientist and amateur astronomer. He is interested in astrophotography and scientific topics like asteroid discoveries and occultations, exoplanet transits and photometry.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Floriansignoret is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Floriansignoret is 2.72 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 52602 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 TY5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.73 km (#11,158 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.198 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0676 |
| Inclination | 3.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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