(49481) Gisellarubini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1999 by M. M. M. Santangelo at Monte Agliale.
Gisella Rubini (b. 1959) lives in Lucca, Italy. She is the girlfriend of the discoverer, and sometimes she helps him at the telescope in the nearby Monte Agliale astronomical observatory.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gisellarubini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gisellarubini is 3.03 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49481 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BJ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.00 km (#7,655 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0830 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 1.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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