(6853) Silvanomassaglia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 February 1986 by H. Debehogne at La Silla.
Silvano Massaglia (b. 1951) is an astrophysicist who has spent most of his career studying high-energy phenomena in active galactic nuclei and stars. He is now director of the Physics Department of the Torino University.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-06-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Silvanomassaglia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Silvanomassaglia is 2.01 au from the Sun and 2.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6853 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 CD2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.44 km (#14,127 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.312 |
| Rotation period | 2.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 5.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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