(213772) Blaheta Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 February 2003 by KLENOT at Klet.

Radim Blaheta (b. 1951) is a professor in applied mathematics at the University of Ostrava. His main research activities are focused on numerical methods for the solution of direct and inverse methods for partial differential equations and their application in mathematical modeling in geosciences and geoengineering.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #8, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Blaheta is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Blaheta is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number213772
Provisional designation2003 DF13
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.17 km (#12,349 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0700
Absolute magnitude (H)15.51
Orbital period5.64 years
Semi-major axis3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.83 – 3.51 au
Eccentricity0.108
Inclination6.00°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.83 au

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

Also named after someone called Radim

Also discovered on 27 February 2003

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