(656196) Falchi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 December 2015 by EURONEAR at La Palma.
Fabio Falchi (b. 1967) is an Italian high-school physics teacher and scientist, and guardian of the world's dark skies. He has dozens of publications on light pollution, including The World Atlas of Light Pollution. Fabio helped define anti-light-pollution rules and laws, pushing for long-term limitations on artificial light at night.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #19, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Falchi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Falchi is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 656196 |
| Provisional designation | 2015 XA204 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.99 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0343 |
| Inclination | 4.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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