(59232) Sfiligoi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1999 by Farra d'Isonzo at Farra d'Isonzo.
Vincenzo Sfiligoi (b. 1932), a public accountant in the Italian province of Gorizia until 1990, also did service as mayor of the small town of Farra d'Isonzo. A member of the Circolo Culturale Astronomico di Farra since 1985, he was for many years chief auditor and then senior arbitrator in the club management.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sfiligoi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sfiligoi is 2.38 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 59232 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,076 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.198 |
| Inclination | 10.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.954 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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