(18636) Villedepompey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.
Once a small village, the Lorraine city of Pompey grew after the 1870 war, when a steel factory was moved there from the German-occupied northern part of Lorraine. A plaque on each foot of the Eiffel Tower indicates that the tower's steel was melted in the Pompey factory, which was closed in 1989.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Villedepompey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Villedepompey is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18636 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 EF2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.11 km (#10,420 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.187 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 4.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.91 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.79 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0440 |
| Inclination | 2.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 March 1998
- (8952) ODAS
- (16912) Rhiannon
- (17764) Schatzman
- (18634) Champigneulles
- (18635) Frouard
- (18637) Liverdun
- (18638) Nouet
- (18644) Arashiyama
- (19395) Barrera
- (19398) Creedence
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