(29347) Natta

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Asteroid
(29347) Natta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5355  AU
eccentricity 0.0240
Perihelion - aphelion 2.47465 AU - 2.5963 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.3657 °
Sidereal period 4.04 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli
Date of discovery March 5, 1995
Another name 1995 EU
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(29347) Natta is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 March 1995 by the Italian astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli on Osservatorio Guidonia ( IAU code 596) in the city of Guidonia Montecelio in the province of Rome was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Italian chemist Giulio Natta (1903–1979), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Karl Ziegler in 1963 .

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