(257005) Arpadpal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 March 2008 by EURONEAR at La Silla.
Arpad Pal (1929-2006) was a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca. A specialist in celestial mechanics, he founded and headed the University Observatory, leading many national and some international astronomical bodies and supervising many PhD students.Naming citation (20120831/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arpadpal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arpadpal is 2.79 au from the Sun and 3.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 257005 |
| Provisional designation | 2008 EW152 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00808 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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