(112338) Seneseconte Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 July 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Senese Antonella (b. 1960) and Conte Paolo (b. 1961) are science communicators, working mainly in schools, explaining the sky with planetariums, telescopes and laboratories. Paolo is also editor and host of Radio3Scienza, the daily radio science broadcast of RAI, the national public broadcasting company of Italy.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Seneseconte is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Seneseconte is 2.46 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 112338 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 NX5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.51 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.44 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0296 |
| Inclination | 2.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 July 2002
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- (73465) Buonanno
- (78123) Dimare
- (112337) Francescaguerra
- (132668) Brunobozzetto
- (141772) Lucapeyron