(14573) Montebugnoli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 August 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Stelio Montebugnoli (b. 1948) is chief engineer in charge of the Medicina Radiotelescope Station. In Dec. 2001, he successfully collaborated in the first intercontinental planetary radar experiment in Italy, in which echoes were received from (33342) 1998 WT24.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Montebugnoli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Montebugnoli is 2.08 au from the Sun and 1.21 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14573 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QD55 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.26 km (#16,669 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.149 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.982 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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