(86048) Saint-Tropez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 August 1999 by Pravec, P., Kusnirak, P. at Ondrejov.
Named for the picturesque village in the southeastern France on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Name suggested by Patrick Michel, the CNRS Director of Research at the Côte d'Azur Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saint-Tropez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saint-Tropez is 2.81 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 86048 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 PP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.87 km (#9,126 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.155 |
| Rotation period | 3.44 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.18 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0978 |
| Inclination | 9.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.