(369423) Quintegr'al Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 January 2006 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.

Established in 2012 by five students of the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Quintegr'al is a brass quintet consisting of Guillaume Fattet (trumpet), Fabien Verwaerde (trumpet), Guillaume Merlin (French horn), Nicolas Cunin (trombone) and Florian Schuegraf (tuba).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Quintegr'al is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Quintegr'al is 3.07 au from the Sun and 4.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number369423
Provisional designation2009 WV195
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.0
Orbital period5.08 years
Semi-major axis2.96 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.77 – 3.14 au
Eccentricity0.0641
Inclination0.941°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.77 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Paris

Also discovered on 28 January 2006

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