(39336) Mariacapria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
The main interests of Maria Teresa Capria, a researcher at IASF-CNR in Rome, concern modeling cometary nuclei, high-resolution spectroscopy and the role of ices in the solar system. She has been particularly involved in the VIRTIS experiment on the Rosetta mission, working on instrument operation planning and data analysis.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mariacapria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariacapria is 3.28 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39336 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AA13 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.90 km (#10,818 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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