(5216) Cannizzo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 April 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.
John Kendall Cannizzo (1957-2018) was an American astrophysicist who worked at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He also spent time at the Harvard College Observatory, where he met his wife Catherine Asaro, and did research as a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2024-11-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cannizzo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cannizzo is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.05 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5216 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 HA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.3 km (#4,399 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.305 |
| Rotation period | 32.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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