(8155) Battaglini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1988 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Named in memory of Giuseppe Battaglini (1826-1894), Italian mathematician. University professor of superior geometry at Napoli and Roma, he was founder of the Giornale di Matematiche ad uso degli studenti delle Università Italiane. He introduced Italy to the non-Euclidean geometry of Lobachevskij, and his translations of some of Todhunter's texts were used for many years by Italian university students.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Battaglini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Battaglini is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8155 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 QA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.59 km (#5,356 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.218 |
| Inclination | 2.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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