(472) Roma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 July 1901 by L. Carnera at Heidelberg.
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Where Roma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Roma is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 472 |
| Provisional designation | A901 NA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 50.3 km (#744 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.189 |
| Rotation period | 9.80 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.86 |
| Orbital period | 4.06 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.54 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0953 |
| Inclination | 15.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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