(7356) Casagrande Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 September 1995 by Stroncone at Stroncone.
Named in memory of Alessandro Casagrande (1922-1964). Composer and orchestra conductor, he skillfully headed the music school in Terni and served as artistic manager of the city's symphonic bureau “S. Falchi”. He was also a painter. In 1965 an international piano competition was named for him.Naming citation (19981208/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Casagrande is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Casagrande is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7356 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SK5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.57 km (#11,501 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Rotation period | 2.87 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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