(66000) Duilialoncao Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 July 1998 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.

Duilia Loncao (b. 1955) has been an Italian amateur astronomer at the Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo since 2013. She observes minor planets, especially NEOs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #1, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Duilialoncao is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Duilialoncao is 3.56 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number66000
Provisional designation1998 OE1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.15 km (#8,722 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0560
Absolute magnitude (H)14.87
Orbital period5.23 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.35 – 3.67 au
Eccentricity0.218
Inclination15.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.37 au

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

Also discovered on 20 July 1998

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