(95008) Ivanobertini Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 January 2002 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.

Ivano Bertini (b. 1968), an active member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey, is collaborating in the planning of observations using the OSIRIS two-camera system on board the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. His main research field is the study of the dust environment in comets.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ivanobertini is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ivanobertini is 2.04 au from the Sun and 2.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number95008
Provisional designation2002 AH1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter1.51 km (#17,342 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.281
Absolute magnitude (H)16.25
Orbital period3.26 years
Semi-major axis2.20 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.71 – 2.69 au
Eccentricity0.224
Inclination9.04°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.694 au

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

Also named after someone called Ivano

Also discovered on 4 January 2002

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