(170306) Augustzatka Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 September 2003 by KLENOT at Klet.

August Zátka (1847-1935) was a local Czech personality in České Budějovice at the end of the nineteenth century. He deserves a great deal of credit for the commercial, educational and cultural blossoming of the city, including beer production.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Augustzatka is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Augustzatka is 2.14 au from the Sun and 1.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number170306
Provisional designation2003 SZ32
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.47
Orbital period3.78 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.08 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity0.140
Inclination7.02°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.09 au

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

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