(108072) Odifreddi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 March 2001 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (b. 1950) is an Italian mathematician and logician. Fond of the history of science, he is also extremely active as a popular science writer and essayist. Professor of mathematical logic in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Turin, he has also taught at Cornell in the U.S.A.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Odifreddi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Odifreddi is 2.81 au from the Sun and 1.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 108072 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 FN168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,105 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0560 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.96 |
| Orbital period | 4.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.77 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0339 |
| Inclination | 4.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Piergiorgio
All asteroids named after someone called Piergiorgio
Also discovered on 22 March 2001
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- (99070) Strittmatter
- (153289) Rebeccawatson
- (222403) Bethchristie
- (283455) Philipkrider
- (363115) Chuckwood