(7477) Conversiluca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 June 1993 by H. E. Holt at Palomar.
Luca Conversi (b. 1979) is an Italian astrophysicist at the European Space Agency. He has served as Instrument Scientist for ESA’s Herschel and Euclid missions. In 2019 he was appointed Manager of the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre, he is currently the Study Lead for NEOMIR, an infrared mission concept dedicated to detecting and characterizing NEOs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conversiluca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conversiluca is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7477 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 LC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.80 km (#7,874 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Rotation period | 74.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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