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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. G. Comba |
| Discovery site | Prescott |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 27988 |
| Named after | Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 VA4 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.6922281 |
| Peri | 2.4008707 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2119377 |
| Orbital period | 1942.2752557 |
| Mean anomaly | 347.83378 |
| Inclination | 7.48745 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 175.96299 |
| Argument of peri | 282.55256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
27988 Menabrea (1997 VA4) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott. His name is in honor of Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896), piedmontese mathematician and statesman.