(8209) Toscanelli Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 February 1995 by Sicoli, P., Ghezzi, P. at Sormano.

Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397-1482) was an Italian physician, astronomer, cosmographer and mathematician. Columbus may have used his map of the world on the 1492 voyage. Toscanelli was the first to plot observations of comets on star charts, thereby supplying considerably improved information about their sky positions.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Toscanelli is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Toscanelli is 2.63 au from the Sun and 1.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8209
Provisional designation	1995 DM2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Rotation period	3.62 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.44
Orbital period	4.21 years
Semi-major axis	2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.17 – 3.04 au
Eccentricity	0.167
Inclination	10.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.16 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 28 February 1995

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