(231265) Saulperlmutter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 January 2006 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.
Saul Perlmutter (b. 1959) is an American physicist who shared the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through the study of distant supernovae.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-04-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saulperlmutter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saulperlmutter is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 231265 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 AS4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.82 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0432 |
| Inclination | 5.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.