(34696) Risoldi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 July 2001 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.
Vairo Risoldi (b. 1951) is an amateur astronomer at the S. Lucia Stroncone Observatory. Thanks to his skills in electronics and computer science, he made the telescope control interface and various software packages for the astrometric reduction of CCD frames, extensively used by other Italian teams as well.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Risoldi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Risoldi is 2.67 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34696 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 OV12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.49 km (#11,652 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.265 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.21 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 13.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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