(8297) Gerardfaure Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Gérard Faure is a French amateur astronomer and member of the “Millennium Club”. He performs visual estimates of minor planets with magnitude discrepancies, pushing the limiting magnitude with his C8 telescope as far as visual magnitude 16.0 (Magnitude Alert Program). In 1996 he saw his 1000th minor planet visually.Naming citation (20020921/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gerardfaure is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gerardfaure is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8297 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 QJ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.82 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0613 |
| Inclination | 3.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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