(10354) Guillaumebude Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Guillaume Budé (1468-1540) was one of the first philologists in France to teach himself classical Greek, making him an expert on the language of Homer. Founder of the Collège de France (1530), he is well known for his Commentaires sur la langue grecque (1529).Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Guillaumebude is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Guillaumebude is 3.06 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10354 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BU5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.9 km (#3,753 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.51 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.01 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0624 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Guillaume
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