(544618) Bugatpal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 October 2014 by P. Székely K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.
Pál Bugát (1793–1865) was a physician, linguist, university professor, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a language reformer. One of the founders of the Hungarian medical language, he was the first president of the Royal Hungarian Society for Natural Sciences from 1841 to 1844.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #7, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bugatpal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bugatpal is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 544618 |
| Provisional designation | 2014 WP193 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.20 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.