(26183) Henrigodard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Henri Godard (b. 1937) is a professor of French literature at the Universities of Diderot and Sorbonne in Paris. He specialized in several famous writers of the twentieth century (Giono, Malraux, Céline), and he has also lectured at Harvard and Stanford.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Henrigodard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Henrigodard is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26183 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 HG15 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.67 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 4.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.85 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0837 |
| Inclination | 2.69° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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