(15342) Assisi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 April 1994 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Assisi is the birthplace of St. Franciscus (1181?-1226; St. Francis, originally Giovanni Bernardone). He founded the first begging order. The Franciscans are bound to serve and preach worldwide, living in poverty and penance. They wandered barefoot, clothed in a brown cowled habit and white cord.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Assisi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Assisi is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.65 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15342 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 GD10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.61 km (#6,063 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 1.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.