(30585) Firenze Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 August 2001 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.
Firenze (Florence) is an Italian city and the intellectual and artistic center known as the Cradle of the Renaissance. The city is a treasure chest of paintings, sculptures and terracotta-domed buildings, a tribute to artists such as Da Vinci, Botticelli and Michelangelo, from a glorious golden age that lasted three centuries.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Firenze is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Firenze is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30585 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 PE14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 3.00 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.02 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.222 |
| Inclination | 2.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.959 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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