(13200) Romagnani Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 March 1997 by Tesi, L., Cattani, G. at San Marcello.

Sauro Romagnani (b. 1942), a teacher at the San Marcello junior high school, was selected to participate in a research teaching team for the Educational European Center. He contributed to the founding of the local public library and establishment of the Astronomical Observatory in the Pistoia area.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Romagnani is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romagnani is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	13200
Provisional designation	1997 EQ40
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	2.32 km (#16,564 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.298
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.67
Orbital period	4.08 years
Semi-major axis	2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.29 – 2.81 au
Eccentricity	0.101
Inclination	11.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 13 March 1997

(85439) Barbero

More named asteroids discovered by Tesi, L., Cattani, G.

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