(10424) Gaillard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 January 1999 by ODAS at Caussols.
Boris Gaillard (b. 1976) is an amateur astronomer and software engineer. He spent two successive and successful summers at the Caussols Schmidt, implementing a very efficient package inside PRISM for the automatic detection of minor planets, in recent years used by many members of the AUDE group.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gaillard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gaillard is 2.59 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10424 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BD5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.56 km (#8,169 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 2.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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