(293383) Maigret Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2007 by B. Christophe at Saint-Sulpice.
Jules Maigret, French police detective and Commissaire a la Brigade Criminelle de Paris, was a character created by writer Georges Simenon in 1931.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Maigret is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Maigret is 3.31 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 293383 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 EZ38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.87 – 3.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0737 |
| Inclination | 7.71° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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