(12407) Riccardi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 1995 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
The historian of mathematics Pietro Riccardi (1828-1898) wrote the monumental work Biblioteca Matematica italiana dall'origine della stampa ai primi anni del XIX secolo, an annotated bibliography of all the books published by Italian scientists during the nineteenth century.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Riccardi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Riccardi is 2.41 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12407 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SC2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.51 km (#13,942 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.274 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.66 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 6.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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