(14008) Toniscarmato Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Antonio (Toni) Scarmato (b. 1963) is an Italian astrophysicist, science communicator, and mathematics and physics teacher. His main research focus is comets, and he has published several scientific papers on the topic. He was a researcher of sungrazing comets and on 2005 August 5 discovered the thousandth SOHO comet.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Toniscarmato is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toniscarmato is 2.86 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14008 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TD17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.43 km (#8,340 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Rotation period | 5.07 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 2.89 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0397 |
| Inclination | 1.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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