(7399) Somme Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 1987 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Somme is a river in Northern France in the département of Picardie. The Celtic name means ‘tranquility’. With a length of nearly 250 km and a source near the city of St. Quentin, the Somme forms an extensive and beautiful bay, rich in flora and fauna, as it enters the English Channel.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Somme is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Somme is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7399 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 BC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.73 km (#11,153 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.83 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 3.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.839 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 January 1987
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- (3631) Sigyn
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- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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