(70179) Beppechiara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 August 1999 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.
Giuseppe Brenna (b. 1952) and his wife Chiara Martinoni (b. 1953) live in a small village in the Verzasca valley in the Swiss canton of Ticino. He has climbed to the top of all 630 mountains in Ticino of altitude greater than 2000 meters and has written several guides and books about Swiss mountains.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Beppechiara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Beppechiara is 3.38 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 70179 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 QQ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.94 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 3.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.314 |
| Inclination | 5.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.774 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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