(274264) Piccolomini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 August 2008 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.
Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578) was an Italian scholar and astronomer. He was the first, many years before Johann Bayer, to label stars with letters (Latin alphabet). Piccolomini's De le stelle fisse (1540) is considered by many to be the first modern celestial atlas.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #10, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piccolomini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piccolomini is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 274264 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 PZ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.104 |
| Inclination | 7.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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