(9378) Nancy-Lorraine Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 August 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Named for the French city Nancy, in the Lorraine region of France, near the left bank of the river Meuse. The city has a very handsome town hall.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nancy-Lorraine is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nancy-Lorraine is 3.24 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9378 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 QF3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.0 km (#4,071 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.34 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 2.09° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 August 1993
- (7349) Ernestmaes
- (8297) Gerardfaure
- (9379) Dijon
- (10820) Offenbach
- (11948) Justinehenin
- (12354) Hemmerechts
- (12355) Coelho
- (13112) Montmorency
- (15785) de Villegas
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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