(340579) Losse Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 2006 by C. Rinner at Dax.
Florent Losse (b. 1960) was the founder of the St Pardon de Conques observatory (code I93) and the author of the Reduc software for binaries. He is the editor of the review Étoiles Doubles and correspondent with the USNO for integrating measures into the Washington Double Star Catalogue. Losse is also an active French observer of NEOs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Losse is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Losse is 3.22 au from the Sun and 4.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 340579 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 PY |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.51 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 17.7° |
| 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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