(13112) Montmorency Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorne (1524-1568), was stadtholder of Guelders and an admiral of Flanders. Together with William of Orange and the Count of Egmont, he resisted the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. He and Egmont were condemned to death and beheaded in Brussels.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Montmorency is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Montmorency is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13112 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 QV4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.12 km (#10,397 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0203 |
| Inclination | 1.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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