(5506) Artiglio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1987 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
The Artiglio was an Italian steamship used as a salvage ship in the early 20th Century. At the time, the ship was the world's most modern salvage vessel. The Artiglio sank as the result of an explosion during a recovery operation on a World War I ship carrying explosives. Name suggested by M. Di Martino.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-02-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Artiglio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Artiglio is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5506 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SV11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,354 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 9.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.78 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.985 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.