(78661) Castelfranco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Castelfranco Veneto, a town in the Venetian plain, is famous as the home of Giorgione, a painter of the Venetian School. The twelfth-century castle is still well preserved.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Castelfranco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Castelfranco is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 78661 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TW85 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0327 |
| Inclination | 2.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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