(179875) Budavari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
Tamas Budavari (b. 1973) is a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for his work on computational and statistical approaches to observational astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Budavari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Budavari is 2.34 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 179875 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TX328 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.2 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.24 – 2.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0585 |
| Inclination | 7.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.25 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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