(90278) Caprese Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 February 2003 by F. Bernardi M. Di Martino at Campo Imperatore.
Caprese Michelangelo is a village in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. It is the birthplace of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) and of the astronomer Giovanni Santini (1787–1877), who was director the Astronomical Observatory of Padua from 1817 to 1877.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #15, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Caprese is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Caprese is 3.34 au from the Sun and 4.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 90278 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 DH9 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.15 km (#5,650 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 5.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.98 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0764 |
| Inclination | 20.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.