(214820) Faustocoppi

Asteroid (214820) Faustocoppi
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.7716  AU
eccentricity	0.1522
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3498 AU - 3.1934 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	18.0869 °
Length of the ascending node	18.0869 °
Argument of the periapsis	311.8141 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	19th November 2019
Sidereal period	4.61 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	16.1 mag
history
Explorer	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli
Date of discovery	November 14, 2006
Another name	2006 VC 14 , 2001 UT 128
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.

(214820) Faustocoppi is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered by the Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli on November 14, 2006 at the observatory in the district of Vallemare ( IAU code A55) in the municipality of Borbona in the province of Rieti . The asteroid had already been sighted on October 20 and 24, 2001 under the provisional designation 2001 UT ₁₂₈ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico .

(214820) Faustocoppi was named on December 3, 2017 after the Italian racing cyclist Fausto Coppi (1919-1960).

Web links

• (214820) Faustocoppi in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
• (214820) Faustocoppi in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
• Discovery Circumstances of (214820) Faustocoppi according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (214820) Faustocoppi at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)