(10413) Pansecchi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 December 1997 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Luigi Pansecchi (b. 1940) has made fine studies of cometary tails. As a member of the Gruppo Astrofili Giovanni e Angelo Bernasconi and of the Italian Astronomical Society, he collaborated with the Osservatorio San Vittore in Bologna and with the Osservatorio Astronomico of Brera in Milan.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pansecchi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pansecchi is 3.30 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10413 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 YG20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.40 km (#6,227 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.173 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.16 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0858 |
| Inclination | 9.01° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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