(402852) Picardie Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 2007 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Picardie (Picardy) is a historic French region comprising the departments of Aisne, Oise, and Somme. The Jules Verne University of Picardy was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Amiens, but has campuses in several other cities in the region: Beauvais, Creil, Laon, Saint-Quentin, and Cuffies-Soissons.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #27, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Picardie is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Picardie is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 402852 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 RE12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 6.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.