(10994) Fouchard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 March 1978 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Marc Fouchard (b. 1972) is a professor at the Laboratoire d´Astronomie de Université Lille and collaborator at the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides (IMCCE) (France), specializing in the dynamics of long-period comets.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fouchard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fouchard is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10994 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 EU9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.68 km (#6,901 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Rotation period | 39.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.04 |
| Orbital period | 4.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00575 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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