(39564) Tarsia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Rodrigo Dias Tarsia (b. 1946), a Brazilian astrophysicist and retired professor at the Federal University in Belo Horizonte, has been the director of the Serra da Piedade Observatory, where the discoverer has regularly performed photometric observations. Tarsia plays the baroque flute very well.Naming citation (20090209/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tarsia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tarsia is 2.21 au from the Sun and 3.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39564 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 RT5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.204 |
| Inclination | 7.72° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.847 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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