(39653) Carnera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1995 by Sicoli, P., Ghezzi, P. at Sormano.
Luigi Carnera (1875-1962) began his career as Max Wolf's assistant at the Heidelberg Observatory, Germany, where he discovered sixteen new asteroids in 1901/02. Later, he taught astronomy in Genoa and was director of Trieste and Naples Observatories.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carnera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carnera is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39653 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.40 km (#8,386 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0403 |
| Inclination | 15.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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