(7665) Putignano Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 11 October 1994 by V. S. Casulli at Colleverde.

This picturesque town in the Italian region of Puglia is famous for its carnival, grottoes and typical country houses known as “trulli”. Putignano is also the birthplace of Silvano Casulli, director of the observatory where this discovery was made.Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Putignano is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Putignano is 2.89 au from the Sun and 3.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7665
Provisional designation	1994 TK3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.47 km (#8,286 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.222
Rotation period	3.54 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.55
Orbital period	4.89 years
Semi-major axis	2.88 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.72 – 3.05 au
Eccentricity	0.0569
Inclination	3.23°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.70 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 11 October 1994

(6928) Lanna

More named asteroids discovered by V. S. Casulli

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