(27130) Dipaola Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1998 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.
Andrea Di Paola (b. 1970), a staff member at the Rome Astronomical Observatory, has the scientific and technical responsibility for the Campo Imperatore Observatory. He has been involved with instrumentation and software at the CINEOS project for NEO discovery at Campo Imperatore since 1996.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dipaola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dipaola is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27130 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XA3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.80 km (#11,009 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Rotation period | 33.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 4.21° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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