(546025) Abrahampeter Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 November 2011 by K. Sárneczky A. Farkas at Piszkesteto.

Péter Ábrahám (b. 1964) is a Hungarian astrophysicist. His main research fields are stellar and planetary formation, including protoplanetary disks and young stellar objects. He was the director of the Konkoly Observatory from 2010 to 2015.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Abrahampeter is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Abrahampeter is 3.21 au from the Sun and 3.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number546025
Provisional designation2011 WG117
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.46
Orbital period5.60 years
Semi-major axis3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.81 – 3.50 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination8.70°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.82 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Peter

Also discovered on 17 November 2011