(37782) Jacquespiccard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 May 1997 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jacques Piccard (1922-2008) was a Belgian marine explorer. In 1960 he made the deepest ocean descent ever accomplished, using the submersible bathyscaphe, developed by his father, Auguste Piccard. The discovery of living organisms at that depth of 11 km led to a ban on dumping nuclear waste in ocean trenches.Naming citation (20081212/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jacquespiccard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jacquespiccard is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 37782 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 JP11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.88 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 2.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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