(50240) Cortina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 January 2000 by A. Dimai at Cortina.
Cortina d'Ampezzo (6500 inhabitants, altitude 1224 m) is the most important town in the Dolomites, the spectacular rocky mountains in the Alps, and the most famous holiday resort in Italy. It hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. In its area is located the Col Druscié Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #23, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cortina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cortina is 2.86 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 50240 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 BY3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.52 km (#13,917 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.327 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.