(16879) Campai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1998 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.
Paolo Campai (b. 1957) is an amateur astronomer in Florence principally involved in astronomical photography and teaching. The discoverers met him in the course of observations of α Phoenicis and comet 1P/Halley in 1985 on a superb night near Florence.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Campai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Campai is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16879 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BH10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 314 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.36 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0240 |
| Inclination | 7.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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