(127658) Gapers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2003 by F. Bernardi at Campo Imperatore.
The Gruppo Astrofili Persicetani (GAPers) is an Italian cultural association near Bologna. For more than 40 years it has promoted astronomy and natural sciences. Together with the local administration, it created the Museo del Cielo e della Terra, and the Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory of San Giovanni Persiceto (BO).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #12, 16), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gapers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gapers is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 127658 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 DV10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 5.02 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.91 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 2.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.