(238817) Titeuf Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 2005 by M. Ory at Vicques.
Titeuf is the title of a comic strip and the name of its teenage hero, created by Swiss cartoonist Philippe Chappuis (b. 1957), better known as Zep. In the series Zep shows a child's view on adult attitudes and institutions.Naming citation (20111012/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Titeuf is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Titeuf is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 238817 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 PQ16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.01 km (#15,196 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0930 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.31 – 3.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.241 |
| Inclination | 7.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.32 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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