(20194) Ilarialocantore Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 30 January 1997 by Tombelli, M., Casacci, C. at Cima Ekar.

Ilaria Locantore (b. 1984) is an Italian chemist, who studies the chemical and physical composition of minor planets and meteorites. She is presently working on projects and technologies dedicated to Regenerative Environmental Control and in Situ Resource Utilization for Advanced Life Support in human Space Exploration.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ilarialocantore is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ilarialocantore is 2.78 au from the Sun and 3.30 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number20194
Provisional designation1997 BH9
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.4
Orbital period4.96 years
Semi-major axis2.91 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.76 – 3.06 au
Eccentricity0.0500
Inclination2.67°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.78 au

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

Also named after someone called Ilaria

Also discovered on 30 January 1997

More named asteroids discovered by Tombelli, M., Casacci, C.