(22370) Italocalvino Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Bassano Bresciano at Bassano Bresciano.
Italian writer Italo Calvino (1923-1985) produced fantastic tales such as Il visconte dimezzato (1952), Il barone rampante (1957) and Il cavaliere inesistente (1959). His Le cosmicomiche is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that treats the creation and evolution of the universe.Naming citation (20010705/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Italocalvino is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Italocalvino is 3.25 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22370 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TJ2 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.53 km (#6,130 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.26 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 2.59° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Italo
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