(131766) Silviaferrara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Silvia Ferrara (b. 1976) is an Italian Professor of Aegean Philology at Bologna University, Principal Investigator of the Projects INSCRIBE and SAPIENCE, two multidisciplinary research initiatives dedicated to revealing the inventions of scripts and their beginning in six distinct areas of the world.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #12, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Silviaferrara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Silviaferrara is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 131766 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AT12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0984 |
| Inclination | 5.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Silvia
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Also discovered on 10 January 2002
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