(84011) Jean-Claude Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 July 2002 by S. F. Hoenig at Palomar.
Jean-Claude George Pelle (b. 1942) is a passionate amateur astronomer who operates an observatory on Tahiti, French Polynesia. Among his main interests are observations of occultations by minor planets and searching for supernovae.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jean-Claude is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jean-Claude is 3.66 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84011 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 OB25 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.45 km (#6,184 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 8.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 4.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.02 – 5.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.246 |
| Inclination | 4.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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