(42365) Caligiuri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 2002 by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R. at Fountain Hills.
Michael P. Caligiuri (b. 1954) has been studying the motor pathways of the human brain since 1987 at the University of California, San Diego. He is also an avid amateur astro-imager and is partially responsible for rekindling the interest in astronomy of this minor planet's first discoverer.Naming citation (20040306/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caligiuri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caligiuri is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 42365 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 CM115 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.50 km (#11,624 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.166 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0962 |
| Inclination | 18.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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