(268686) Elenaaprile Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 2006 by at Vallemare Borbona 107121 Casulli, V. S..
Elena Aprile (b. 1954) is an Italian physicist, who teaches at Columbia University in New York. She is head of the Xenon1T experiment at Laboratori Nazionali Gran Sasso (LNGS), which is searching for dark matter.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-11-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elenaaprile is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elenaaprile is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 268686 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 GW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0481 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.90 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 2 April 2006
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