(22752) Sabrinamasiero Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 November 1998 by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M. at San Marcello.

Sabrina Masiero (b. 1970) is an astronomer and director of the educational popular science structure of the International Center for Astronomical Research GalHassin (Isnello, Sicily). GalHassin has acheived great success in the popularization of astronomy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #5, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Sabrinamasiero is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sabrinamasiero is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number22752
Provisional designation1998 VS34
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.50 km (#11,621 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.138
Rotation period5.88 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.46
Orbital period4.10 years
Semi-major axis2.56 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.27 – 2.86 au
Eccentricity0.115
Inclination14.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.32 au

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

Also named after someone called Sabrina

Also discovered on 15 November 1998

More named asteroids discovered by Boattini, A., Tombelli, M.