(239203) Simeon Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 July 2006 by F. Fratev at Plana.
Simeon (864-927) ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927. He led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe. His reign was also a period of unmatched cultural prosperity and enlightenment, later deemed the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Simeon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simeon is 1.86 au from the Sun and 2.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 239203 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 OK14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,295 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.275 |
| Inclination | 5.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.