(7132) Casulli

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Asteroid
(7132) Casulli
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3091  AU
eccentricity 0.2098
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8246 AU - 2.7936 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.4898 °
Length of the ascending node 321.1592 °
Argument of the periapsis 245.5569 °
Sidereal period 3.51 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.6 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.015 ± 0.064 km
Albedo 0.089 ± 0.003
Rotation period 3.524 h
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer Antonio Vagnozzi
Date of discovery 17th September 1993
Another name 1993 SE , 1936 HN, 1954 OX
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.

(7132) Casulli is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 September 1993 by the Italian Amateur Astronomers Antonio Vagnozzi at Santa Lucia Stroncone Observatory ( IAU code 589) in Stroncone in the region Umbria was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli (1944-2018), who was the first amateur astronomer to use a CCD camera to obtain precise astrometric data from asteroids.

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