(114611) Valeriobocci Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 February 2003 by CINEOS at Campo Imperatore.
Valerio Bocci (b. 1966) is an Italian senior technologist at INFN Roma. He has been involved in the KLOE experiment of LNF, in the Atlas and LHCb (and upgrade) experiments at CERN. He was one of the first in the scientific literature to propose and demonstrate the possibility to use Field Programmable Gate Array in radiation environment.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #15, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Valeriobocci is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Valeriobocci is 3.01 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 114611 |
| Provisional designation | 2003 DE9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.94 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0158 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.97 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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