(549229) Banjanos Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 March 2011 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.

János Bán (b. 1955) is a Hungarian actor. He was a founding member of the famous Katona József Theater, Budapest, and is one of the most popular foreign actors in Czech and Slovak films. His most memorable performance was in the 1985 Czechoslovak cult comedy, Vesničko Má Středisková (My Sweet Little Village).Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Banjanos is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Banjanos is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number549229
Provisional designation2011 FB5
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.54
Orbital period5.23 years
Semi-major axis3.01 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.81 – 3.22 au
Eccentricity0.0681
Inclination9.77°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.84 au

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

Also discovered on 24 March 2011

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