(367392) Zeri Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 July 2008 by V. S. Casulli at Vallemare Borbona.
Federico Zeri (1921–1998) was an Italian art historian who specialised in Italian Renaissance painting. In his villa in Mentana (Rome, Italy) he collected about 400 ancient Roman epigraphs and more than 200 000 art photographs.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Zeri is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Zeri is 3.60 au from the Sun and 4.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 367392 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 OX9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.63 km (#11,364 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.58 |
| Orbital period | 5.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 11.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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