(131767) Stefanomancuso Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 January 2002 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Stefano Mancuso (b. 1965) is an Italian neuroscientist at Florence University and Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology. His studies have been focused on the physiology and behavior of plants, suggesting that plants have “social” abilities and a form of intelligence.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #10, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Stefanomancuso is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Stefanomancuso is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 131767 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AZ12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.50 km (#17,351 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.238 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 7.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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