(16715) Trettenero Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1995 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
Italian astronomer Virgilio Trettenero (1822-1868) succeeded Santini as professor of astronomy at Padua. At the observatory there he observed minor planets, comets and eclipses and calculated orbits and ephemerides.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trettenero is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trettenero is 3.35 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16715 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UN5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.03 km (#5,742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0410 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 9.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Virgilio
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Also discovered on 20 October 1995
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