(164676) Oliviabaraldi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 March 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.

Olivia Baraldi (b. 2025) is the first daughter of Mattia Baraldi and Laura Colombini. She is the fourth granddaughter of one of the co-discoverers of this minor planet at Osservatorio S. Vittore.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Oliviabaraldi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oliviabaraldi is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number164676
Provisional designation1997 EL7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.79 km (#13,251 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)15.76
Orbital period4.32 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.12 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.202
Inclination13.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.12 au

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

Also named after someone called Olivia

Also discovered on 2 March 1997

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