(13069) Umbertoeco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 September 1991 by E. W. Elst at Haute Provence.
Umberto Eco (b. 1932) is an Italian philosopher and novelist, well known for his novels Il nome della rosa (1980) and Il pendolo di Foucault (1988). He is now the president of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici at the University of Bologna.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Umbertoeco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Umbertoeco is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13069 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.17 km (#10,305 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.132 |
| Rotation period | 5.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.248 |
| Inclination | 7.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.815 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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