(66207) Carpi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1999 by Cavezzo at Cavezzo.
Carpi, a town in northern Italy, is known worldwide for its textile (especially knitwear) manufacturing and mechanical (especially woodworking) machinery.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carpi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carpi is 3.02 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66207 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.83 km (#9,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0304 |
| Inclination | 6.84° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.