(136473) Bakosgaspar Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 April 2005 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Gáspár Bakos (b. 1976) is the father for the Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network (HATNet) designed to detect and characterize extrasolar planets and to find and to study bright variable stars. He has been awarded the 2011 Newton Lacy Pierce prize of the American Astronomical Society.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bakosgaspar is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bakosgaspar is 2.30 au from the Sun and 1.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 136473 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.69 km (#17,285 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.325 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 9.14° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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