(17720) Manuboccuni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1997 by M. Tombelli at Cima Ekar.
Emanuele Boccuni (b. 1969) is a composer of new age music, many of his compositions referring to the sky. He composed The night and the stars for the discoverer.Naming citation (20050919/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Manuboccuni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Manuboccuni is 2.33 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17720 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 XH10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.58 km (#13,743 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.165 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.18 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 6.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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