(31015) Boccardi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 February 1996 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Giovanni Boccardi (1859-1936) worked at the observatories of Collegio Romano (Rome) and Collurania (Teramo). Director of the Turin Observatory from 1900 until 1923, he founded the magazine Rivista di Astronomia e Scienze Affini and the society Urania for the popularization of astronomy.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Boccardi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Boccardi is 2.12 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 31015 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 DS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0752 |
| Inclination | 5.47° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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