(82463) Mluigiaborsi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 July 2001 by Tesi, L., Forti, G. at San Marcello.

Maria Luigia Borsi (b. 1973) is an Italian opera singer. A lyric soprano, she has performed in major opera houses around the world and is known especially for interpreting operas by Puccini and Verdi.Naming citation (20120207/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Mluigiaborsi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mluigiaborsi is 3.58 au from the Sun and 4.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number82463
Provisional designation2001 OV16
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.45 km (#6,178 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0820
Absolute magnitude (H)14.08
Orbital period5.48 years
Semi-major axis3.11 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.59 – 3.63 au
Eccentricity0.166
Inclination4.10°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.60 au

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

Also named after someone called Maria

Also discovered on 21 July 2001

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