(8051) Pistoria Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 August 1997 by Tesi, L., Cattani, G. at San Marcello.
Named for the Italian city of Pistoria, situated about 30 km from Florence at the foot of the western slope of the Central Apennines between Tuscany and Aemilia. Pistoria is the ancient name of the settlement dating to its founding in the second century B.C. by the Romans.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pistoria is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pistoria is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8051 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 PP4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.142 |
| Inclination | 5.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.