(12295) Tasso Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 August 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) was an Italian writer and poet known for his Gerusalemme liberata (1575), an epic poem on the first crusade that takes the battle between good and evil very seriously. His musical and lyrical style influenced later writers and musicians enormously, as in Liszt's symphonic poem Tasso: lamento e trionfo.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #9, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tasso is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tasso is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12295 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 PE3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.17 km (#12,339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.176 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.17 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.211 |
| Inclination | 3.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.917 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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