(8153) Gattacceca Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 November 1986 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Jérôme Gattacceca (b. 1973) is a research scientist based in CEREGE à Aix-en-Provence, France. Jérôme is an expert on the magnetic signatures of meteorites and Moon rocks. He leads meteorite recovery missions to the Atacama desert in Chile, and is the head of the Meteoritical Society nomenclature committee.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gattacceca is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gattacceca is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8153 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 WO1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.93 km (#10,744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Inclination | 2.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.874 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 25 November 1986
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