(11605) Ranfagni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 October 1995 by Tesi, L., Boattini, A. at San Marcello.
Piero Ranfagni (b. 1949) worked for many years as a technician at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory. He is on the technical staff of the TIRGO Telescope and in the project office of LBT. He has also been very active in the history of astronomy and in popular astronomy.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ranfagni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ranfagni is 2.84 au from the Sun and 3.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11605 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UP6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.03 km (#6,551 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 4.10 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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