(8888) Tartaglia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 July 1994 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia (1499-1557) was an Italian mathematician, engineer and topographer. Known for his 1543 translation of Euclid's Elements into Italian, his most renowned work is Trattato di numeri et misure. He provided a very elegant formulation for the volume of the tetrahedron, including irregular tetrahedra.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tartaglia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tartaglia is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8888 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 NT1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.6 km (#3,526 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Rotation period | 7.22 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.31 |
| Orbital period | 4.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.71 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0961 |
| Inclination | 14.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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