15005 Guerriero

Guerriero
Discovery
Discovered by M. Tombelli and U. Munari
Discovery site Cima Ekar
Discovery date December 7, 1997
Designations
MPC designation 15005
1997 XY10
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.6600639
Perihelion 2.6725767
Eccentricity 0.1559361
2057.9303977
1.55946
Inclination 5.85893
58.18649
303.00570
Physical characteristics
13.0

    15005 Guerriero (1997 XY10) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 7, 1997, by M. Tombelli and U. Munari at Cima Ekar.

    Luciano Guerriero (b. 1930) played a key role in the development of the first Italian National Space Program and the promotion of important international space research missions in astronomy. The name was suggested by F. Bevilacqua, C. Casacci and E. Vallerani.

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