(10211) La Spezia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1997 by Monte Viseggi at Monte Viseggi.
La Spezia is a town near the Monte Viseggi Observatory. It is famous for its “Poets' Gulf”, in honor of the nineteenth-century English poets Byron and Shelley, who lived, loved and died in Italy, the country of their adoption.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where La Spezia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: La Spezia is 2.44 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10211 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 RG3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 2.48° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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