(5302) Romanoserra Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 1976 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Romano Serra (b. 1954), enthusiastic president of the amateur observatory of San Giovanni in Persiceto near Bologna. A great specialist in meteorites, he has gathered the largest collection of meteorite specimens in Italy. He participated in two Tunguska expeditions, in 1991 and 1998, and built a planetarium, the third largest in Italy. Name suggested by M. di Martino and supported by the discoverer.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Romanoserra is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Romanoserra is 2.28 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5302 |
| Provisional designation | 1976 YF5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.24 km (#10,166 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.208 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0370 |
| Inclination | 2.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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