(49441) Scerbanenco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1998 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969) was a Ukrainian-born Italian writer, best known for his crime and detective novels. He was one of the fathers of the thriller genre in Italy. He wrote The scandal of the astronomical observatory, a thriller which revolves around the discovery of a new asteroid.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-03-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scerbanenco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scerbanenco is 2.26 au from the Sun and 1.28 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 49441 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YM6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 5.56° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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