(107393) Bernacca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 February 2001 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Pier Luigi Bernacca (1940-2013), associate professor of Astronomy, was Director for several years of the PhD School of Space Sciences and Technologies at the University of Padova. He studied Be stars with ground and space telescopes, and made great contributions to the ESA Hipparcos satellite.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bernacca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bernacca is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 107393 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 CJ48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.95 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0660 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Pier
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