(27184) Ciabattari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 1999 by S. Donati at Monte Agliale.
Fabrizio Ciabattari (b. 1970) is an Italian amateur astronomer, who has been Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Monte Agliale for more than 10 years. He is a math teacher and brilliant popularizer of science. He has created a program to automate the telescope of the observatory, allowing the discovery of many supernovae.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-01-16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ciabattari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ciabattari is 2.67 au from the Sun and 2.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27184 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CX4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.80 km (#13,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.204 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.94 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.90 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 3.14 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0805 |
| Inclination | 2.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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