(578202) Philippetalbot Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 2013 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Philippe Talbot (b. 1979) is a French tenor who performs comic operas and operettas in the great French repertoire. He studied song at the Conservatoire of Angers and is a guest on major international opera stages. Philippe performed a delicate interpretation of Nadir in George Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #5, 25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Philippetalbot is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Philippetalbot is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 578202 |
| Provisional designation | 2013 YX18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0452 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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