(59068) Pierrebourget Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Pierre Bourget (b. 1967) is a French research engineer at the European Southern Observatory, and is an expert in optical interferometry and coronography. He studied at ENS Cachan and then at the Paris Observatory. Pierre worked previously at Brazil's National Observatory on the observation of small bodies in the solar system.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #23, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pierrebourget is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pierrebourget is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59068 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VZ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0949 |
| Inclination | 0.887° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.38 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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