(9905) Tiziano Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Tiziano Vecellio (Titian; c. 1477 or 1490-1576) was a typical Renaissance painter. He loved colors, the contrast of light and dark, and gave the people in his paintings a personal expression. Titian painted portraits of Charles V, Phillip II, Franz I and pope Paul III.Naming citation (19990402/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tiziano is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tiziano is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9905 |
| Provisional designation | 4611 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.24 km (#10,162 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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