(386618) Accomazzo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 2009 by ESA OGS at ESA OGS.
Andrea Accomazzo (b. 1970) is an Italian aerospace engineer who led the Rosetta mission to comet 67P as both spacecraft operations manager and flight director. He has contributed to the development of numerous mission concepts for asteroid exploration and played a key role in securing approval for the Hera mission to (65803) Didymos.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 34), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Accomazzo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Accomazzo is 1.93 au from the Sun and 0.981 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 386618 |
| Provisional designation | 2009 RD26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.40 km (#17,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 18.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.92 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.918 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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