(7988) Pucacco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Giuseppe Pucacco (b. 1956) is a researcher in the Physics Department of the University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, where he teaches celestial mechanics and applied acoustics. He is a project manager for the eLISA/NGO experiment of the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pucacco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pucacco is 1.85 au from the Sun and 0.860 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7988 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EX30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 2.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.851 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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