(240725) Scipioni Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 April 2005 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Francesca Scipioni (b. 1983) is an Italian planetary and data scientist. She contributed to the composition team analyses of Pluto's different geologic regions as part of the NASA New Horizons mission team.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #4, 33), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scipioni is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scipioni is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 240725 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GX190 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.08 km (#15,014 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.34 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.154 |
| Inclination | 1.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.57 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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