(120040) Pagliarini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 2003 by Boattini, A., Scholl, H. at La Silla.
Silvano Pagliarini (b. 1950) built the public amateur observatory “Padre Angelo Secchi” in Castelnovo Sotto in 1978. In 1980 he was co-founder of the Associazione Reggiana di Astronomia, which focuses on public outreach and basic astronomy teaching for primary and secondary schools in the Reggio Emilia province.Naming citation (20070402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pagliarini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pagliarini is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 120040 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 BF5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 5.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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