(45700) Levi-Setti Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 March 2000 by CSS at Catalina.
Riccardo Levi-Setti (b. 1928) is a world-renowned expert on trilobites who has written three editions of his classic work Trilobites (1975, 1993, 2014). He invented the high-resolution scanning ion microprobe. Among his many awards is the Sternberg Award of the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Levi-Setti is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Levi-Setti is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 45700 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 EP204 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.11 km (#12,491 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.151 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.07 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 11.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Riccardo
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Also discovered on 3 March 2000
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