(224617) Micromegas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 2005 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Micromégas is a short humoristic tale written by the French philosopher Voltaire in 1752. Coming from Sirius, the giant Micromégas travels through the Universe with a dwarf born on Saturn. They see the earth for the first time and wonder about the strange people who live there.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Micromegas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Micromegas is 3.19 au from the Sun and 3.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 224617 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 YZ70 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0632 |
| Inclination | 2.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.