(215970) Campidoglio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 August 2005 by F. Mallia M. Di Sora at Campo Catino.
Campidoglio, the current seat of the Rome City Council, is one of the seven hills where Rome was founded in 753 BCE. Rome was the first capital in the world with a policy on light pollution control and reduction, which was implemented with the intervention of the local police and municipal offices in collaboration with Campo Catino Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #5, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Campidoglio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Campidoglio is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 215970 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 QV66 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.21 km (#16,756 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.