(13088) Filipportera Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 August 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Filippo Portera (b. 1955) is a Sicilian composer of electronic music. He wrote the score for the Mula Portera's opera Empedocle (Agrigento, 2002). In Dec. 2004 he finished Kosmophonè, a suite for flute, saxophone and electronic sound, a tribute to the cosmos of minor planets.Naming citation (20050407/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Filipportera is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Filipportera is 2.83 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13088 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 PB1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 5.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.83 – 3.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.103 |
| Inclination | 8.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Filippo
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Also discovered on 8 August 1992
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- (12320) Loschmidt
- (20032) McNish
- (20033) Michaelnoble
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- (22341) Francispoulenc
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