(85183) Marcelayme Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 January 1991 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
Marcel Aymé (1902-1967) was a French novelist, screenwriter and theater playwright. Educated at the College de Dole, he worked as a journalist in Paris while publishing his first novel Brûlebois (1926). His novel La Table aux crevés won the Prix Renaudot in 1929. He was buried near Montmartre.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marcelayme is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marcelayme is 1.75 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 85183 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 BE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.61 km (#16,034 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.311 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.94 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.70 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 22.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.865 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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