(29508) Bottinelli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1997 by ODAS at Caussols.
Lucette Bottinelli (1937-2015) was a French radio astronomer from Meudon Observatory, who taught at Orsay University from 1962 to 2005. Observing the 21 cm line of galaxies, she helped reconcile the then-divergent values of the Hubble constant. She is a founding member of the Comité de Liaison Enseignants et Astronomes.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bottinelli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bottinelli is 3.45 au from the Sun and 4.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29508 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 XR8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.96 km (#7,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Rotation period | 6.71 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 2.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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