(27341) Fabiomuzzi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 10 February 2000 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.

Fabio Muzzi (1962–2006), who graduated in astronomy from the University of Bologna, was an employee of the Italian National Institute of Social Security. As an amateur astronomer, he collaborated with the Osservatorio San Vittore measuring several positions of minor planets, principally near-Earth objects.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fabiomuzzi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fabiomuzzi is 2.62 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number27341
Provisional designation2000 CK97
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.08 km (#15,012 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.295
Absolute magnitude (H)15.02
Orbital period4.13 years
Semi-major axis2.57 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.48 – 2.67 au
Eccentricity0.0374
Inclination15.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.49 au

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

Also named after someone called Fabio

Also discovered on 10 February 2000

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