(314808) Martindutertre Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 October 2006 by Tesi, L., Fagioli, G. at San Marcello.

St Martin-du-tertre is a French town to the north of Paris that is twinned with the municipality of San Marcello, the discovery site for this minor planet.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Martindutertre is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Martindutertre is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number314808
Provisional designation2006 TQ105
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.06 km (#16,973 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.199
Absolute magnitude (H)15.92
Orbital period4.19 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.28 – 2.92 au
Eccentricity0.123
Inclination14.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.29 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 15 October 2006

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