(125076) Michelmayor Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 2001 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Michel Mayor (b. 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist at Geneva University. In 1995, with Didier Queloz, he discovered the first extrasolar planet. This Jupiter-mass planet, 51 Peg b, has an orbital period of 4.2 days.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michelmayor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michelmayor is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 125076 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 UD6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.23 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 8.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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