(225076) Vallemare Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 May 2007 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.

Vallemare is a picturesque village near the discoverer's observatory in the Italian region of Lazio.Naming citation (20111210/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Vallemare is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vallemare is 3.36 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number225076
Provisional designation2007 JT2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.14 km (#10,367 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0610
Absolute magnitude (H)15.36
Orbital period5.46 years
Semi-major axis3.10 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.84 – 3.36 au
Eccentricity0.0844
Inclination11.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.85 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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