(9397) Lombardi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1994 by Stroncone at Stroncone.
Giuseppe Lombardi (b. 1939) is an Italian amateur astronomer at the CCAF observatory in Farra d'Isonzo. Now retired, he spends most of his sleepless nights at the observatory, where he shows the beauties of the sky to visitors and participates in almost all of the discoveries at this site.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lombardi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lombardi is 2.17 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9397 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 RJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.93 km (#17,111 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.396 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.52 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 3.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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