(19528) Delloro Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 April 1999 by D'Abramo, G., Boattini, A. at San Marcello.

Aldo Dell'Oro (b. 1971), recently awarded his doctorate by the University of Florence, works on the physics and the evolution of main-belt minor planets. He has developed new methods for the statistical analysis of collisions and for reconstructing conditions for the formation of Hirayama families.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Delloro is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Delloro is 3.31 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number19528
Provisional designation1999 GB1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter7.95 km (#6,630 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0400
Absolute magnitude (H)14.32
Orbital period5.72 years
Semi-major axis3.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.79 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity0.128
Inclination1.96°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.77 au

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

Also named after someone called Aldo

Also discovered on 4 April 1999