(16930) Respighi Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 March 1998 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Italian astronomer Lorenzo Respighi (1824-1889) was professor of optics and astronomy and director successively of the observatories of Bologna and of Campidoglio in Rome. He compiled stellar catalogues, observed the planets and discovered three comets. He introduced the use of the objective prism in stellar spectroscopy.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Respighi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Respighi is 3.58 au from the Sun and 4.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16930 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FF74 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.7 km (#4,715 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 3.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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