(35324) Orlandi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 March 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Stefano Orlandi (b. 1944), has been a lover of stars since childhood. In 1990 he founded the T.L.C. observatory for deep-sky photography and astrometry of comets and minor planets.Naming citation (20110517/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Orlandi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Orlandi is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35324 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 ET7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.3 km (#3,959 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 3.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.249 |
| Inclination | 21.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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