(14846) Lampedusa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 January 1989 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) is famous for Il Gattopardo, whose fictional protagonist, Prince Fabrizio Salina, modeled on the author's own grandfather, was an amateur astronomer who discovered and named minor planets “Salina” in honor of his family and “Svelto” in memory of his favorite dog.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lampedusa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lampedusa is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14846 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 BH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.83 km (#9,168 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.976 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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