(48159) Saint-Veran Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 April 2001 by St. Veran at St. Veran.

Located in the southern French Alps, Saint-Véran is the highest village in France. Astronomy has been developed here since 1973. The T62 telescope is managed by AstroQueyras, a French amateur astronomers association. This is the first numbered minor planet discovered at this observatory.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Saint-Veran is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saint-Veran is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	48159
Provisional designation	2001 HY
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.80 km (#13,218 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.163
Rotation period	1.00 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.12
Orbital period	4.38 years
Semi-major axis	2.68 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.58 – 2.78 au
Eccentricity	0.0373
Inclination	4.07°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.60 au

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

Also discovered on 16 April 2001

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