(27983) Bernardi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 October 1997 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.

Fabrizio Bernardi (b. 1972) worked at the University of Padua on studies of minor planets with the Rosetta wide-angle camera and is now on the staff of the CINEOS project at the Rome Observatory.Naming citation (20031110/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bernardi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bernardi is 2.31 au from the Sun and 1.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27983
Provisional designation1997 UU24
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.34
Orbital period4.17 years
Semi-major axis2.59 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.153
Inclination3.44°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Fabrizio

Also discovered on 26 October 1997

More named asteroids discovered by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M.