(7735) Scorzelli Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 1980 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.
Rosa Scorzelli (b. 1940) is a meteoriticist at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas. Her research has focused on Mossbauer studies of metallic meteorites to understand the complex cooling histories they experienced during the core formation of minor planets.Naming citation (20060809/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Scorzelli is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Scorzelli is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7735 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 UL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.72 km (#7,973 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.470 |
| Rotation period | 7.50 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 4.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.76 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 8.25° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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