(11803) Turrini Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Diego Turrini (b. 1979) is a scientist at the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS-Rome) whose work includes modeling the source of olivine on Vesta as detected by the Dawn spacecraft mission.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Turrini is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Turrini is 3.04 au from the Sun and 2.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11803 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ES12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.77 km (#9,266 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 13.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Diego
All asteroids named after someone called Diego
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
- (2788) Andenne
- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt