(235999) Bucciantini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 April 2005 by Tesi, L., Fagioli, G. at San Marcello.
Niccolò Bucciantini (b. 1976) is an astronomer at the Arcetri Observatory in Florence. He was the third Italian to win the prestigious Hubble Fellowship. He is known for his work on relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, the Crab Nebula and is a proponent of the magnetar model for Gamma Ray Bursts.Naming citation (20121228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bucciantini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bucciantini is 3.24 au from the Sun and 4.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 235999 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GA22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.21 km (#12,233 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0360 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.24 |
| Orbital period | 5.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0859 |
| Inclination | 9.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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