(7043) Godart Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1934 by E. Delporte at Uccle.
Named in honor of Odon Godart (1913-1996), Belgian mathematician who published distinguished papers on cosmics rays, theoretical and applied meteorology and cosmology. He was a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and worked in the team of Georges Lemaître. His main contribution was the introduction of isobaric coordinates in meteorology (1942), and this generated new developments in applied meteorology. He served as president of the Belgian Society for Astronomy, Meteorology and Physics of the Earth. Proposal made and citation provided by P. Pâquet.Naming citation (19960828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Godart is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Godart is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7043 |
| Provisional designation | 1934 RB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.72 km (#9,349 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Rotation period | 8.45 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 6.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.817 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.