(58750) Simonjeanne Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Simon Jeanne (b. 1993) is a French astronomer in the FRIPON team, an international fireball network. He was involved in the reduction pipeline to compute orbits and meteorite strewn fields from raw data. Simon played a key role in developing and improving data-analysis methods, contributing to a better understanding of meteors and their characteristics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Simonjeanne is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Simonjeanne is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 58750 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FY10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.32 km (#8,485 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.66 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0629 |
| Inclination | 2.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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