(10931) Ceccano Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 February 1998 by G. Masi at Ceccano.

Ceccano, where the discovery observations of this minor planet were made, is a small city, some 90 km southeast of Rome.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ceccano is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ceccano is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10931
Provisional designation1998 DA
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter11.7 km (#4,239 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0790
Rotation period4.45 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.35
Orbital period4.42 years
Semi-major axis2.69 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.55 – 2.84 au
Eccentricity0.0543
Inclination6.32°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.53 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 16 February 1998

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