(11328) Mariotozzi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 October 1995 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.

Geologist Mario Tozzi (b. 1959), of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, collaborates at the university La Sapienza in Rome and is president of the marine national park of the Tuscan archipelago. He has written many popular books, created television programs and collaborates with the National Geographic.Naming citation (20090409/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mariotozzi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mariotozzi is 2.59 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11328
Provisional designation1995 UL
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter9.09 km (#5,692 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0850
Absolute magnitude (H)13.63
Orbital period4.57 years
Semi-major axis2.75 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.56 – 2.95 au
Eccentricity0.0722
Inclination4.64°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.54 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 October 1995

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