(39678) Ammannito Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 June 1996 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L. at San Marcello.
Eleonora Ammannito (b. 1979) recently joined a doctoral program at the University of Padua, working on setting up and calibrating the spear model of VIR-MS, the imaging spectrometer of the Dawn mission. As a student in Rome, she wrote on the calibration of VIRTIS, the imaging spectrometer of the Rosetta mission.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ammannito is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ammannito is 2.59 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39678 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 LQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 3.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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