(127415) Annacalderara Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 July 2002 by M. Tombelli F. Bernardi at Campo Imperatore.

Anna Calderara (b. 1958) is an Italian doctor from San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna). She participated in the activities of the Persicetan Amateur Astronomers Group which led to the creation of the Astronomical Observatory and then the Planetarium and Museum.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 17), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annacalderara is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annacalderara is 3.15 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number127415
Provisional designation2002 NG6
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.57
Orbital period5.20 years
Semi-major axis3.00 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.64 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.121
Inclination2.33°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

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

Also named after someone called Anna

Also discovered on 11 July 2002

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