(7529) Vagnozzi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1994 by Colleverde at Colleverde.
Named in honor of Antonio Vagnozzi (b. 1950), who in 1993 became the first amateur astronomer in Italy to discover a minor planet with a CCD camera and, after Spacewatch, the first person to have a CCD discovery numbered. In addition to his work on minor planets, he has more recently been engaged in a systematic search for supernovae and was a codiscoverer of SN 1996ae.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vagnozzi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vagnozzi is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7529 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 BC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.92 km (#10,772 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.291 |
| Rotation period | 36.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 3.77° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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