(7922) Violalaurenti Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 12 February 1983 by Debehogne, H., De Sanctis, G. at La Silla.

Viola Laurenti (b. 2015) is the first grand-daughter of Mario Di Martino, astronomer at the Turin Astrophysical Observatory and colleague and friend of the discoverers.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-09-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Violalaurenti is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Violalaurenti is 2.57 au from the Sun and 3.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7922
Provisional designation	1983 CO3
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	15.3 km (#3,058 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0400
Rotation period	4.83 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.1
Orbital period	5.42 years
Semi-major axis	3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.56 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity	0.170
Inclination	14.2°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.59 au

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

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