(11465) Fulvio Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Daniele Fulvio (b. 1979) is a professor of Physics at the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro performing laboratory simulation of asteroid space weathering through ion irradiation of meteorite samples.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fulvio is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fulvio is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11465 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EP30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.6 km (#3,882 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0780 |
| Rotation period | 21.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.22 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.03 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0236 |
| Inclination | 20.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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