(11951) Marcoschioppa Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 January 1994 by Farra d'Isonzo at Farra d'Isonzo.
Marco Schioppa (b. 1960) is an Italian professor of experimental physics at the University of Calabria and director of High Energy Laboratory. He designed key components for the ATLAS experiment at CERN and contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson. Marco promotes experimental physics in schools among younger students.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #28, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marcoschioppa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marcoschioppa is 3.57 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11951 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 AJ3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.0 km (#3,137 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.15 |
| Orbital period | 7.97 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.45 – 4.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.135 |
| Inclination | 4.44° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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