(35703) Lafiascaia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1999 by Tombelli, M., Masotti, E. at Montelupo.
A fiascaia is a woman who makes the straw coverings often present on Italian wine bottles, such as for chianti. Such wine bottles were produced in the discoverers' home town, Montelupo Fiorentino.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lafiascaia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lafiascaia is 2.18 au from the Sun and 1.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35703 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 FP10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.65 km (#13,585 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.146 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.12 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0894 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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