"donizetti" is a stony member of the rafita family, which is located in the central main-belt just beyond the 3:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with jupiter. the family consists of more than a thousand members, the largest being 1658 innes and 1587 kahrstedt, approximately 14 and 15 kilometers in diameter, respectively. the family's namesake, 1644 rafita, is considered an interloper to the family itself.