(23946) Marcelleroux Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Belgian amateur astronomer Marcel Le roux (b. 1930) has worked for many years in the south of France, where he has used and improved the Schmidt telescope at the Observatoire provençal d´astrophotographie. After photographing comets and minor planets, he now mostly spends time on Hα photography of the sun.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marcelleroux is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marcelleroux is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23946 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UL6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.95 km (#5,791 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.186 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.13 |
| Orbital period | 5.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0495 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| 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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