(162500) Silvanodelbo' Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 August 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Silvano Delbo’ (1941–2026) was an Italian mechanic and the father of planetary scientist M. Delbo. He devoted his final years to building and donating telescopes for lunar monitoring of impact flashes, thereby enabling research by planetary scientists, including early-career researchers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #12, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Silvanodelbo' is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Silvanodelbo' is 1.99 au from the Sun and 2.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 162500 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 QE38 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.40 km (#17,374 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.65 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 4.53° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.891 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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