(92525) Delucchi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 July 2000 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca.

Fausto Delucchi (b. 1947) is a Swiss amateur astronomer in Vico Morcote. He shares his astronomical passion by showing the beauty of celestial objects to visitors at the public Calina Observatory in Carona.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Delucchi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Delucchi is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number92525
Provisional designation2000 OV2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.45
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.89 – 2.99 au
Eccentricity0.224
Inclination2.21°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.882 au

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

Also named after someone called Fausto

Also discovered on 28 July 2000

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