(6509) Giovannipratesi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1983 by Debehogne, H., De Sanctis, G. at La Silla.

Giovanni Pratesi (b. 1963) is a mineralogist and specialist in meteorites and impact rocks. He is director of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Firenze and was the founder and director of the Museum of Planetary Sciences in Prato until 2012. He recognized and classified two martian meteorites.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-03-23), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Giovannipratesi is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Giovannipratesi is 3.40 au from the Sun and 4.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6509
Provisional designation	1983 CQ3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	15.0 km (#3,141 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0720
Rotation period	14.1 hours
Spectral type	Ch
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.87
Orbital period	4.66 years
Semi-major axis	2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.12 – 3.46 au
Eccentricity	0.239
Inclination	6.40°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.14 au

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

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Also discovered on 12 February 1983

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