(714305) Panceri Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 September 2011 by R. P. Boyle K. Černis at Mount Graham.

Sister Luigia (Carmelita Jacinta) Panceri (1893–1982 entered the Sisters of the Child Mary in 1915 and made her religious vows in Milan in 1917. From 1917 to 1921, she was one of the four nuns who carried out the cataloguing of 500 000 stars in the Vatican zone of the Carte du Ciel star atlas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Panceri is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Panceri is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number714305
Provisional designation2015 MP23
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.0
Orbital period5.42 years
Semi-major axis3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.63 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity0.147
Inclination0.258°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.62 au

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

Also named after someone called Carmelita

Also discovered on 27 September 2011

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