(71489) Dynamocamp Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 February 2000 by Tesi, L., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.

Dynamo Camp is the Italian location of the Hole in the Wall Association, a non-profit organization that works around the world to promote and operate free summer camps specially designed for children with serious and chronic illnesses. This special camp is located in the Tuscany region near the San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #10, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dynamocamp is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsDynamocampDynamocamp

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dynamocamp is 3.38 au from the Sun and 2.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number71489
Provisional designation2000 CT1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.13 km (#6,445 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0810
Absolute magnitude (H)14.06
Orbital period5.59 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.74 – 3.56 au
Eccentricity0.130
Inclination0.784°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.74 au

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

Also discovered on 4 February 2000

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