(7640) Marzari Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 14 August 1985 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.

Named in honor of Francesco Marzari (b. 1961), an Italian planetary scientist at the University of Padova who has carried out extensive and innovative work on the formation of planets, the dynamics of interplanetary dust, the collisional evolution of main-belt and Trojan minor planets and, in particular, minor planet families. Name proposed and citation written by P. Farinella.Naming citation (19990728/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Marzari is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marzari is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7640
Provisional designation	1985 PX
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	3.12 km (#14,925 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.347
Rotation period	21.3 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.71
Orbital period	3.24 years
Semi-major axis	2.19 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.80 – 2.58 au
Eccentricity	0.178
Inclination	5.22°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.787 au

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

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