(18079) Lion-Stoppato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Piero Francesco Lion-Stoppato (b. 1969), of the University of Padua, participated in the initial phases of the Cassini/Huygens cruise and managed the spear model for simulating flight commands. He is helping analyze data collected during the Huygens probe entry and descent into the atmosphere of Saturn VI (Titan).Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lion-Stoppato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lion-Stoppato is 3.34 au from the Sun and 4.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18079 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FJ63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.42 km (#7,193 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.154 |
| Rotation period | 4.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.66 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.35 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0932 |
| Inclination | 8.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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