16368 Città di Alba
asteroid
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Summary
16368 Città di Alba is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henri Debehogne[3], Giovanni de Sanctis[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: European Southern Observatory[5], La Silla Observatory[6]
- Follows: 16367 Astronomiasvecia[7]
- Followed by: (16369) 1981 DJ[8]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1981 DF[11], 1992 BT[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 28, 1981[13]
- Significant event: naming[14]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.11[15], 0.1053127[16], 0.1035872811694788[17]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.7[18], 12.94[19]
- Orbital inclination: 12.87694 degree[20], 12.87985286546962 degree[21]
- Orbital period: 5.62 years[22], 2052.755559944092 day[23]
- Longitude of ascending node: 331.42570 degree[24], 331.2121223448554 degree[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.1599307 astronomical unit[26], 3.16101002718489 astronomical unit[27]
- Apoapsis: 3.493 astronomical unit[28], 3.488450461650433 astronomical unit[29]
- Periapsis: 2.8271498 astronomical unit[30], 2.833569592719347 astronomical unit[31]
- Argument of periapsis: 147.48107 degree[32], 145.453088658942 degree[33]
- Mean anomaly: 316.85264 degree[34], 20.23409073271629 degree[35]
- Diameter: 17.203 km[36]
- Albedo: 0.06[37]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[38]
- Time of periapsis: 2460885.123215967 Julian day[39]
Why It Matters
16368 Città di Alba is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]