(89739) Rampazzi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 2002 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Francesca Rampazzi (b. 1945), a communications specialist, is responsible for communication and editing for the National Telescope Galileo. She is active in the project to digitize the photographic archives of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory and instrumental in maintaining the ADAS archive.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rampazzi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rampazzi is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.81 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 89739 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AL7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0400 |
| Inclination | 14.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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