(114739) Tripodi Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 April 2003 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Antonella Tripodi (b. 1986) is an Italian amateur astronomer and a popular science communicator in Calabria. She is director of teaching for schools at Lilio Astronomical Park. She is responsible for the observation and follow-up of asteroids and comets, and she studies γ-ray bursts with Italian research institutions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #16, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tripodi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tripodi is 3.31 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 114739 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 HR12 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.87 km (#7,802 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.04 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0632 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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