(7258) Pettarin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 March 1994 by Stroncone at Stroncone.
Enrico Pettarin (b. 1970), Italian amateur astronomer, has been for many years the “factotum” at the CCAF (Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra d'Isonzo) observatory in Farra d'Isonzo. He likes software, maintains the telescopes and has participated in almost all of the more than 200 new discoveries at this site.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pettarin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pettarin is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7258 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 EF |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,134 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.148 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 12.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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