(15036) Giovannianselmi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by Madonna di Dossobuono at Dossobuono.
Giovanni Anselmi is the founder and director of an Italian magazine on astronomy. In his leading article each month he extols astronomy as having a poetic soul, which motivates people to admire the heavens.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Giovannianselmi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giovannianselmi is 2.28 au from the Sun and 2.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15036 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WO5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 7.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.43 |
| Orbital period | 3.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0895 |
| Inclination | 5.83° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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