(14572) Armando Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Armando Blanco (b. 1950) is head of the department of physics of University of Lecce. Blanco has studied spectral properties of solar system bodies and interstellar and circumstellar dust grains.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Armando is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Armando is 2.04 au from the Sun and 1.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14572 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QX54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.35 km (#14,360 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.158 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.07 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 7.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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