(69245) Persiceto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by De Sanctis, G., Debehogne, H. at La Silla.
San Giovanni, in Persiceto, is a small town near Bologna, where an enthusiastic group of amateur astronomers, with the strong support of the municipality, created the Museo del Cielo e della Terra, a large complex devoted to the popularization of the natural sciences, in particular astronomy.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Persiceto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Persiceto is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 69245 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.91 km (#6,676 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0710 |
| Rotation period | 6.27 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.37 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.172 |
| Inclination | 15.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.