(333508) Voiture Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 May 2005 by Saint-Sulpice at Saint-Sulpice.
Vincent Voiture (1597-1648) was a French poet and prosateur, who was one of the first members of the Académie française.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-02-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Voiture is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Voiture is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 333508 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 KJ11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 7.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.923 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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