(11595) Monsummano Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 May 1995 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L. at San Marcello.

Monsummano Terme is a town in northern Tuscany, about 40 km from Florence. The town is known for its hot springs and for shoe manufacturing. Poet Giuseppe Giusti and French singer Ives Montand were born here. The second discoverer also was born and grew up in Monsummano.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Monsummano is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Monsummano is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number11595
Provisional designation1995 KN
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.23 km (#14,646 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.388
Absolute magnitude (H)14.51
Orbital period3.39 years
Semi-major axis2.26 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.09 – 2.42 au
Eccentricity0.0734
Inclination4.99°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.11 au

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

Also discovered on 23 May 1995

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