7437 Torricelli
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | V. Goretti |
| Discovery site | Cima Ekar |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7437 |
| Alternative names[1] | 1994 EF3 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5534049 |
| Peri | 2.1409875 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0878532 |
| Orbital period | 1313.4771107 |
| Mean anomaly | 109.18285 |
| Inclination | 6.38440 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 126.33994 |
| Argument of peri | 286.81897 |
| Absolute magnitude | 14.2 |
7437 Torricelli (1994 EF3) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on March 12, 1994 by Vittorio Goretti at Cima Ekar. It is named after the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the barometer, and after whom the torr unit of pressure is named.
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