(8239) Signac Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Paul Signac (1863-1935) worked together with Seurat to develop the technique of pointillism. For his pointillistic paintings Signac mostly chose water, ships and ports as subjects. After Seurat and Signac not many painters worked in this time-consuming method.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Signac is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Signac is 2.87 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number8239
Provisional designation1153 T-2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter10.1 km (#5,057 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0830
Absolute magnitude (H)13.53
Orbital period5.60 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.80 – 3.51 au
Eccentricity0.112
Inclination1.26°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.81 au

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

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Also discovered on 29 September 1973

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