(72632) Coralina Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 March 2001 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.

Coralina is a women's choir founded in Gnosca, Switzerland in 1980. It has been masterfully conducted by Francesca Gianoni Casanova since 1990. The repertoire is highly refined and is made up of pieces from different parts of the world and from various periods of music history.Naming citation (20121228/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Coralina is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Coralina is 3.43 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number72632
Provisional designation2001 FF31
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.15 km (#7,466 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0550
Absolute magnitude (H)14.65
Orbital period5.70 years
Semi-major axis3.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.80 – 3.59 au
Eccentricity0.124
Inclination6.53°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.78 au

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

Also discovered on 23 March 2001

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