(9906) Tintoretto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named after Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti (1518-1594), called Tintoretto. He was influenced by Titian. His main work can be seen in the Scuola di S. Rocco and the palace of the Doge in Venice.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tintoretto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tintoretto is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9906 |
| Provisional designation | 6523 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.45 km (#8,308 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.268 |
| Rotation period | 8.01 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 13.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Jacopo
All asteroids named after someone called Jacopo
Also discovered on 26 September 1960
- (1778) Alfven
- (4386) Lust
- (4412) Chephren
- (6145) Riemenschneider
- (7720) Lepaute
- (8435) Anser
- (9251) Harch
- (9479) Madresplazamayo
- (9694) Lycomedes
- (10244) Thuringer Wald
- (10646) Machielalberts
- (12616) Lochner
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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