(24087) Ciambetti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1999 by Madonna di Dossobuono at Dossobuono.
Since 2005 Roberto Ciambetti (b. 1946) has been promoting a new law against light pollution in the Veneto region. This law was renewed during the International Year of Astronomy, and astronomical observatories will now be more protected.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ciambetti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ciambetti is 2.17 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24087 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 UT3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.28 km (#16,640 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.447 |
| Rotation period | 14.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.889 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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