Orbit and classification
''Bustelli'' is a core member of the Eunomia family (), a prominent Asteroid family, family of stony S-type asteroid and the largest one in the intermediate main belt with more than 5,000 members. It orbits the Sun in the Kirkwood gap, central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.3–3.1 Astronomical unit, AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,619 days; semi-major axis of 2.7 AU). Its orbit has an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity of 0.14 and an orbital inclination, inclination of 13Degree (angle), ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Obsrvatory in March 1971.Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey
The survey designation "T-2" stands for the second Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey, named after the fruitful collaboration of the Palomar and Leiden Observatory in the 1960s and 1970s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio is credited with the discovery of :Discoveries by the Palomar–Leiden survey, several thousand asteroid discoveries.Naming
This minor planet was named after Italian-Swiss artist Franz Anton Bustelli (1723–1763), a famous modeller of figures for the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 ().Physical characteristics
''Bustelli'' has an absolute magnitude of 12.8. In the SMASS classification, it is a stony S-type asteroid.Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, ''Bustelli'' measures 5.944 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an astronomical albedo, albedo of 0.146.Rotation period
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of ''Bustelli'' has been obtained from Photometry (astronomy), photometric observations. The body's rotation period, Poles of astronomical bodies, poles and shape remain unknown.References
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