55196 Marchini

55196 Marchini (provisional designation: 2001 RM₁₆) is an outer main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Andrea Boattini and Luciano Tesi at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory in San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy, on September 11, 2001. It is named after Alessandro Marchini, an Italian computer scientist and astronomer at the University of Siena.

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(55195) 2001 RC13•55196 Marchini• (55197) 2001 RN17

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