(99824) Polnareff Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 June 2002 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Michel Polnareff (b. 1944) is a French singer and a songwriter who has been very popular since his 1966 recording of the song “La poupée qui fait non”.Naming citation (20110715/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Polnareff is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Polnareff is 2.90 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 99824 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 MN3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.55 km (#16,158 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.156 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0553 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| 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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