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Discovery and designation
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| Discovery site | Osservatorio San Vittore |
| Discovery date | 20 October 1995 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11981 |
| Named after | Baldassarre Boncompagni |
| Alternate name(s) | 1995 UY1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8234081 |
| Peri | 2.4848465 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0637802 |
| Orbital period | 1579.3596644 |
| Mean anomaly | 243.90050 |
| Inclination | 4.68343 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 321.83567 |
| Argument of peri | 158.92293 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
11981 Boncompagni (1995 UY1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 20 October 1995 at Osservatorio San Vittore.
It is named after Baldassare Boncompagni, prince of Piombino and an Italian historian of mathematics.
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