(9629) Servet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 August 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Miguel Serveto y Reves (Michel Servet, 1511-1553) was a doctor of medicine and a theologian living in France. He was denounced by Calvin and burned alive in Geneva for not accepting the trinitarian dogma. Although not really a freethinker, his writings presage eighteenth-century deism.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Servet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Servet is 2.67 au from the Sun and 3.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9629 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 PU7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0546 |
| Inclination | 1.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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