(13240) Thouvay Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jacqueline Thouvay (b. 1939) manages the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique at Paris Observatory. The name was suggested by M. A. Barucci.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Thouvay is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Thouvay is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13240 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.72 km (#9,358 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.00 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 1.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jacqueline
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