(278447) Saviano Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 October 2007 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.
Roberto Saviano (b. 1979) is a writer and journalist who exposed the Camorra's organized-crime activities in his 2006 best-seller Gomorrah. As a journalist, he contributes to leading world newspapers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Saviano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Saviano is 3.38 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 278447 |
| Provisional designation | 2007 TH |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.02 km (#10,587 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0770 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.45 |
| Orbital period | 6.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.31 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0416 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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