(12380) Sciascia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989), a Sicilian novelist and polemicist, wrote many books revolving around the hallucinatory realties of Sicilian life. Sharing with Stendhal the same adamant clarity and bone-dry wit, he is particularly well-known for his Il mare colore del vino.Naming citation (20040504/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sciascia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sciascia is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12380 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PB14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#5,005 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0700 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.89 |
| Orbital period | 4.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0640 |
| Inclination | 5.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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