(49384) Hubertnaudot Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 December 1998 by R. Roy at Blauvac.

Hubert Naudot (1913-1994) was an engineer who worked in the French Railways (SNCF) and was involved in the creation of the astronomical association of the SNCF. He taught astronomy to children and was a French pioneer of astronomical calculations using personal computers in the 1980s.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hubertnaudot is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hubertnaudot is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number49384
Provisional designation1998 XX9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.56 km (#13,808 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.221
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period4.20 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 2.96 au
Eccentricity0.136
Inclination12.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Hubert

Also discovered on 12 December 1998

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