(78115) Skiantonucci Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 June 2002 by S. F. Hoenig at Palomar.
Robert “Ski” Antonucci (b. 1954) is an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa Barbara, working on extragalactic astrophysics. He is best known for his spectro-polarimetric work on NGC 1068, which paved the way for the unification scheme of active galactic nuclei.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Skiantonucci is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Skiantonucci is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 78115 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 MT4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0621 |
| Inclination | 9.89° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.93 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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