(73442) Feruglio Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 July 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Chiara Feruglio (b. 1978) obtained her degree in astronomy at the University of Padua in 2003, with a thesis on spectroscopy of Seyfert galaxies. Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, she is studying the properties of accretion onto super massive black holes.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Feruglio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Feruglio is 2.70 au from the Sun and 1.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73442 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 NE5 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.43 km (#7,168 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Rotation period | 8.56 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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