(727524) Pierrepaquette Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 2009 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Pierre Paquette (b. 1973) is a Canadian graphic designer and amateur astronomer. He served as a board member of RASC Montreal French Centre, editor of the Astronomie-Québec journal, and a presenter at the Night-Sky Odyssey augmented reality planetarium in Québec. Pierre has given multiple talks and workshops, and translated Ptolemy’s Almagest into French.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pierrepaquette is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pierrepaquette is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.07 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 727524 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 HF54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.75 km (#9,302 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0370 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.86 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0776 |
| Inclination | 21.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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