(75225) Corradoaugias Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 November 1999 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.

Corrado Augias (b. 1935) is an Italian journalist, writer, author and TV host.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-12-03), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Corradoaugias is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Corradoaugias is 2.68 au from the Sun and 2.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	75225
Provisional designation	1999 WD3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.16 km (#14,808 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.233
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.13
Orbital period	4.06 years
Semi-major axis	2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.24 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity	0.120
Inclination	13.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.27 au

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

Also named after someone called Corrado

• (6206) Corradolamberti
• (12399) Bartolini
• (29910) Segre
• (291855) Calabrocorrado

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Also discovered on 27 November 1999

• (16107) Chanmugam
• (21966) Hamadori
• (41206) Sciannameo

More named asteroids discovered by V. S. Casulli

• (6339) Giliberti
• (6530) Adry
• (6877) Giada
• (6929) Misto
• (7600) Vacchi
• (7665) Putignano
• (7961) Ercolepoli
• (8569) Mameli
• (8716) Ginestra
• (8742) Bonazzoli
• (9121) Stefanovalentini
• (10386) Romulus

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