(127737) Ferretti Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 March 2003 by F. Bernardi at Campo Imperatore.

Annalisa Ferretti (b. 1964) is an Italian paleontologist who has been Assistant Professor of Paleontology and Paleoecology at Unimore since 2002. She is President of the Italian Paleontological Society and Ordinary Member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Modena.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ferretti is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ferretti is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number127737
Provisional designation2003 FZ5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.29
Orbital period4.22 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.37 – 2.85 au
Eccentricity0.0929
Inclination2.73°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.35 au

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

Also named after someone called Annalisa

Also discovered on 26 March 2003

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