(8123) Canaletto Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Canaletto, whose birth name was Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), developed the so-called Veduten style of painting, characterized by detailed and precise views of cities. Best known for his paintings of Venice, he also painted London and Dresden.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Canaletto is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Canaletto is 2.31 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number8123
Provisional designation3138 T-1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.96 km (#15,322 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.243
Rotation period3.62 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)15.15
Orbital period3.46 years
Semi-major axis2.29 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination3.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Giovanni

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Also discovered on 26 March 1971

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