(7900) Portule Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 February 1996 by Munari, U., Tombelli, M. at Cima Ekar.
Named for the highest mountain peak in the Asiago tableland, near the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory. The wild mountain range is a trekking favorite for local astronomers.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Portule is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Portule is 2.43 au from the Sun and 3.10 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7900 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 CV8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.98 km (#12,777 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.289 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.41 |
| Orbital period | 3.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.27 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.96 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 4.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.944 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 February 1996
- (7715) Leonidarosino
- (7847) Mattiaorsi
- (9425) Marconcini
- (9426) Aliante
- (9427) Righini
- (9897) Malerba
- (10175) Aenona
- (10176) Gaiavettori
- (12811) Rigonistern
- (12812) Cioni
- (12813) Paolapaolini
- (13174) Timossi
More named asteroids discovered by Munari, U., Tombelli, M.
- (7679) Asiago
- (7715) Leonidarosino
- (7794) Sanvito
- (7847) Mattiaorsi
- (8944) Ortigara
- (9426) Aliante
- (12811) Rigonistern
- (14061) Nagincox
- (15375) Laetitiafoglia
- (15853) Benedettafoglia
- (20195) Mariovinci
- (24857) Sperello
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