(27150) Annasante Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 December 1998 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.

Anna Mazzi (b. 1934) and Sante Colombini (b. 1933) are celebrating 50 years of marriage. They are the parents of Ermes Colombini, one of the discoverers of this minor planet.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Annasante is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Annasante is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27150
Provisional designation1998 YQ3
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.06 km (#5,713 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0580
Rotation period85.7 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.07
Orbital period4.70 years
Semi-major axis2.81 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.50 – 3.11 au
Eccentricity0.108
Inclination14.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.52 au

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

Also named after someone called Anna

Also discovered on 16 December 1998

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