(77136) Mendillo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 February 2001 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Michael Mendillo (b. 1944), professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston University, is an expert in planetary ionospheres and of the diffuse sodium clouds escaping from solar-system bodies. He owns and exhibits an important collection of celestial charts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mendillo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mendillo is 2.56 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 77136 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 DP106 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 48.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 7.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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