(84012) Deluise Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 August 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.

Fiore De Luise (b. 1977) collaborates with the CINEOS program and since 2004 has been at the University of Rome working on visible and infrared photometric and spectroscopic analysis of minor planets in order to investigate their origin and evolution.Naming citation (20070601/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Deluise is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Deluise is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number84012
Provisional designation2002 PR
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.78
Orbital period3.31 years
Semi-major axis2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.88 – 2.56 au
Eccentricity0.152
Inclination3.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.871 au

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

Also discovered on 2 August 2002

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