(278197) Touvron Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 March 2007 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Guy Touvron (b. 1950) is a French Classical trumpet player and music teacher. He studied under classical virtuoso trumpeter Maurice André. Touvron is an accomplished soloist, having played with some of Europe's leading orchestras, and has premiered several prominent trumpet concertos.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Touvron is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Touvron is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 278197 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 EL12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.46 km (#11,712 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.84 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0709 |
| Inclination | 9.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.86 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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