(64840) Cristinapauselli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 December 2001 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Cristina Pauselli (b. 1971) is an Italian Associate Professor of Geophysics at the University of Perugia, Italy. In addition to her research on crustal and mantle modeling and heat-flow studies, she participated in the preliminary studies of the BepiColombo and ExoMars missions and in the study of a subsurface radar for the EJSM/LAPLACE mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #6, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cristinapauselli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cristinapauselli is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 64840 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 YW5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.97 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.159 |
| Inclination | 9.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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