(29672) Salvo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 December 1998 by Boattini, A., Tesi, L. at San Marcello.
After studies on supernovae at the University of Padua, Maria Elena Salvo (b. 1970) has recently started a program for supernova searches in the southern sky at the Australian National University in Canberra.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Salvo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Salvo is 2.13 au from the Sun and 3.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29672 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 XG9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 3.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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