(546515) Almasy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 October 2010 by Z. Kuli K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.
Paul Almásy (1906–2003) was a Hungarian-born French photographer and a pioneer of photojournalism. For more than six decades he traveled the world and took about 120 000 photographs, creating a detailed picture archive that is a unique document of 20th century history.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Almasy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Almasy is 3.60 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 546515 |
| Provisional designation | 2010 VY216 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.52 |
| Orbital period | 5.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 17.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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