(13992) Cesarebarbieri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Padua astronomer Cesare Barbieri (b. 1942) is responsible for the construction and scientific calibration of the Wide Angle Camera for the OSIRIS system of the cometary mission ROSETTA.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cesarebarbieri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cesarebarbieri is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13992 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FL8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.32 km (#14,417 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.402 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0989 |
| Inclination | 7.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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