(8221) La Condamine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1996 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Charles-Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774), a French naturalist and mathematician, went to Peru (1735-1743) to measure the length of a meridional arc of one degree. On his way home he made important ethnographic observations, published as Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi a l´équateur.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where La Condamine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: La Condamine is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8221 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 NA4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.11 km (#8,771 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 4.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.89 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0711 |
| Inclination | 1.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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