(43775) Tiepolo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 1989 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
Italian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) ranks with the great painters of all ages. His huge ceilings and murals decorate the Baroque and Rococo palaces and churches in Venice, Milan, Würzburg and Madrid. He also created many portraits, oil sketches and brilliant etchings.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tiepolo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tiepolo is 3.50 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43775 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 CA6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,653 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Rotation period | 8.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.62 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.80 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 16.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.83 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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