(8235) Fragonard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a student of Boucher. Both teacher and pupil painted the colorful world of the Rococo aristocracy. In his landscape paintings Fragonard shows the influence of the Venetian artists.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fragonard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fragonard is 2.33 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8235 |
| Provisional designation | 2096 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.79 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 2.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Honore
All asteroids named after someone called Honore
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites