(147693) Piccioni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 February 2005 by Boattini, A., Scholl, H. at La Silla.
Giuseppe Piccioni (b. 1965), known for work on infrared imaging sensors, has consulted for several Institutions, such as IKI in Moscow, DLR in Berlin, SRC in Warsaw, CSIC in Granada and DESPA in Paris. Since 2001 he has been a staff researcher at the Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica in Rome.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piccioni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piccioni is 1.92 au from the Sun and 2.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 147693 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 CQ77 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.35 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 4.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.897 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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