(352333) Sylvievauclair Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 November 2007 by P. Kocher at Marly.

Sylvie Vauclair (b. 1946) is a French astrophysicist at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie. She is Emeritus Professor at Toulouse University and an Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sylvievauclair is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sylvievauclair is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number352333
Provisional designation2007 VV
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.77
Orbital period4.53 years
Semi-major axis2.74 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.07 – 3.41 au
Eccentricity0.245
Inclination10.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.06 au

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

Also named after someone called Sylvie

Also discovered on 1 November 2007

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