(327943) Xavierbarcons Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 9 March 2007 by at Vallemare Borbona 110618 Casulli, V. S..

Xavier Barcons (b. 1959) is a Spanish physicist and Director General of the European Southern Observatory. Barcons' research has been focused on astronomy in the X-ray wavelengths for the study of distant quasar spectra.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Xavierbarcons is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Xavierbarcons is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number327943
Provisional designation2007 EQ26
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.68
Orbital period4.58 years
Semi-major axis2.76 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.62 – 2.90 au
Eccentricity0.0512
Inclination10.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.61 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 9 March 2007