(74371) Jeanduprat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jean Duprat (b. 1968) is a French cosmochemist who is a senior researcher at the Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Paris. He studies isotopic composition of interplanetary material by means of secondary-ion mass spectrometry. Jean was responsible for the curation of the Chang’e 5 lunar samples.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #15, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeanduprat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeanduprat is 3.03 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 74371 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XG1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,701 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.144 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 10.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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