(29561) Iatteri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 February 1998 by Stroncone at Stroncone.
Italian amateur astronomer Giampiero Iatteri (b. 1941) made his dream come true with the design and construction of an entire observatory, including a 0.40-m telescope. He has discovered minor planets and spent many hours observing and photographing the sky.Naming citation (20040107/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Iatteri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Iatteri is 3.48 au from the Sun and 4.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29561 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 DU10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.4 km (#3,913 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0660 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 5.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 8.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.