(20056) Roccati Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.
Alessandro Roccati (b. 1941) is an Italian archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the University of Turin and a national member of the Italian Academy of Sciences. During his long career he organized and participated in numerous excavation campaigns in Egypt and Sudan.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #14, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Roccati is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roccati is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20056 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 FU64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.04 km (#7,601 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0430 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0997 |
| Inclination | 4.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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