(5766) Carmelofalco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 August 1986 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Carmelo Falco (b. 1978) is an enthusiastic amateur astronomer with great scientific and technological skills. He is president of the Ettore Majorana amateur astronomers association and scientific director of the Lematre Observatory in Racalmuto (Sicily).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carmelofalco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carmelofalco is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5766 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 QR3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.81 km (#10,983 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.400 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0843 |
| Inclination | 4.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 29 August 1986
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- (2364) Seillier
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- (2673) Lossignol
- (2707) Ueferji
- (2814) Vieira
- (2852) Declercq
- (2926) Caldeira
- (3002) Delasalle
- (3138) Ciney
- (3274) Maillen
- (3365) Recogne
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