(15671) Suzannedebarbat Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 1977 by Kosai, H., Hurukawa, K. at Kiso.
Suzanne Débarbat (b. 1928) is an astronomer of the Observatory of the Paris. She contributed to the development of the Danjon-Astrolabe and wrote La méthode des hauteurs égales en astronomie. She was the president of IAU Commission 41 from 1991 to 1994.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Suzannedebarbat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Suzannedebarbat is 4.09 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15671 |
| Provisional designation | 1977 EP6 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.9 km (#2,708 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
| Orbital period | 7.91 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.56 – 4.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 7.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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