(3820) Sauval Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 February 1984 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Henri Sauval (1623-1676) was a French legal expert at the High judicial Court of Paris in the age of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and also a scrupulous historian and author of Histoire et recherches des antiquités de la ville de Paris (1724). The name was suggested by A. J. Sauval.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sauval is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sauval is 3.33 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3820 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 DV |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.6 km (#3,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.192 |
| Rotation period | 3.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.00 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 9.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.69 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Henri
- (2359) Debehogne
- (7763) Crabeels
- (8240) Matisse
- (8521) Boulainvilliers
- (10311) Fantin-Latour
- (11506) Toulouse-Lautrec
- (11763) Deslandres
- (12261) Ledouanier
- (12702) Panamarenko
- (12708) Van Straten
- (20358) Dalem
- (26183) Henrigodard
All asteroids named after someone called Henri
Also discovered on 25 February 1984
More named asteroids discovered by H. Debehogne
- (2364) Seillier
- (2543) Machado
- (2590) Mourao
- (2673) Lossignol
- (2707) Ueferji
- (2814) Vieira
- (2852) Declercq
- (2926) Caldeira
- (3002) Delasalle
- (3138) Ciney
- (3274) Maillen
- (3365) Recogne
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