(231307) Peterfalk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 2006 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was an American actor best known for his role in the popular TV show Columbo, in which he played a shrewd but disorganized-looking detective who wore a crumpled trench coat, drove a run-down Peugeot Cabriolet and was always talking about his never-seen wife.Naming citation (20111012/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterfalk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterfalk is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 231307 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 BD186 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0833 |
| Inclination | 1.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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