(11800) Carrozzo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 February 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo (b. 1978) is a researcher at Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose work includes mineralogical mapping of Vesta and Ceres using Dawn spacecraft data.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carrozzo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carrozzo is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11800 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 DN2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.34 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 9.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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