Discovery date 22 August 2000 Minor planet category Main belt Orbital period 1,384 days Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 1995 GM5; 2000 QV Observation arc 8125 days (22.25 yr) Discovered 22 August 2000 Named after Cino da Pistoia | |
Discovered by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini Aphelion 2.88177 AU (431.107 Gm) Discovery site Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory Discoverers Andrea Boattini, Luciano Tesi | ||
36446 Cinodapistoia is an asteroid, originally designated 2000 QV, discovered on August 22, 2000, by Luciano Tesi and Andrea Boattini at San Marcello Pistoiese. Its diameter is uncertain: a range of 3 to 6 km is probable.
It is named in honor of Cino da Pistoia (1270 – 1337), whose full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi, or Sighibuldi, a Tuscan jurist and poet.
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