(52267) Rotarytorino Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 4 March 1986 by W. Ferreri at La Silla.

The Rotary Club Torino is the third oldest Rotary Club in Italy and from its foundation in 1925 has contributed with its services to the development of science and technology, the most important enterprises in the Piedmont scientific and industrial area.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Rotarytorino is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rotarytorino is 2.97 au from the Sun and 3.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number52267
Provisional designation1986 EP2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.53 km (#13,881 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.129
Absolute magnitude (H)14.85
Orbital period4.37 years
Semi-major axis2.67 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.25 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.157
Inclination3.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.27 au

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

Also discovered on 4 March 1986

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