(40081) Rault Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 June 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Jean Louis Rault (b. 1949) is a French amateur radio astronomer who was president of the radio astronomy commission of the Société Astronomique de France from 2008 to 2019. He is responsible for the radio part of the Vigie-Ciel network, which detects the echoes of the GRAVES space surveillance radar.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rault is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rault is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40081 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MG14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.80 km (#13,210 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.233 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0944 |
| Inclination | 15.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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