46610 Bésixdouze
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
K. Endate K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami Observatory |
| Discovery date | 15 October 1993 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 46610 Bésixdouze |
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Named after
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B612 (a fictitious minor planet in The Little Prince) |
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1993 TQ1 · 1986 RU7 2000 VV32 |
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| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 28.61 yr (10,448 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6809 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8589 AU |
| 2.2699 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1810 |
| 3.42 yr (1,249 days) | |
| 182.20° | |
| Inclination | 2.4051° |
| 172.13° | |
| 211.90° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2 km (calculated with 0.25) |
| 15.4 | |
46610 Bésixdouze, provisional designation 1993 TQ1, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, roughly 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1993, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan.
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,249 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 2 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic.
The name was suggested by F. Hemery and Jiří Grygar as a reference to the French novella The Little Prince. The title character lived on an asteroid named B612, which is the number 46610 written in hexadecimal notation. Bésixdouze (French pronunciation: [be.sis.duːz]) is one way to pronounce B612 in French (lit. 'B six twelve').
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