(20752) Topputo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Francesco Topputo (b. 1978) is an Italian professor at Politecnico di Milano. His main research activities are in the field of navigation and autonomy of cubesats in deep space. Francesco has contributed to small-body exploration as part of the Rosetta mission and as the Guidance, Navigation, and Control lead of the Milani Cubesat on Hera.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 36), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Topputo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Topputo is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20752 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AP200 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.72 km (#6,852 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0980 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.05 |
| Orbital period | 5.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.01 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.41 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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