(15007) Edoardopozio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 1998 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.
Italian biologist Edoardo Pozio (b. 1952) directs research at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome and serves as director of the European Commission's Community Reference Laboratory of Parasites. He is author or coauthor or more than 250 papers, most of them in the field of zoonotic parasitic diseases.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Edoardopozio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Edoardopozio is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15007 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 NA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.62 km (#9,534 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.372 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 9.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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