(138626) Tanguybertrand Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2000 by M. W. Buie at Cerro Tololo.
Tanguy Bertrand (b. 1989) is a French planetary astronomer. He made many contributions to understanding tenuous planetary atmospheres and served as a science team graduate student and postdoctoral researcher on the NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanguybertrand is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanguybertrand is 2.96 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 138626 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QM248 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.68 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.108 |
| Inclination | 0.851° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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