(8780) Forte Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 June 1975 by M. R. Cesco at El Leoncito.

Juan Carlos Forte (b. 1949) has conducted most of his professional work at the La Plata Observatory. His main field of research is the galactic and extragalactic system of globular clusters, an area to which he has contributed over 120 refereed papers.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

🐶 Forte as a dog name

Where Forte is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Forte is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.69 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8780
Provisional designation	1975 LT
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.01 km (#15,187 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.309
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.84
Orbital period	3.31 years
Semi-major axis	2.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.76 – 2.68 au
Eccentricity	0.206
Inclination	3.78°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.748 au

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

Also named after someone called Juan

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Also discovered on 13 June 1975

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