(575511) Bukk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 2011 by A. Szing K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.
The Bükk Mountains are a part of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. The Bükk's maximum elevation is 959 meters, the main mass of the mountains is a limestone plateau, and there are 1115 known caves.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bukk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bukk is 3.05 au from the Sun and 2.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 575511 |
| Provisional designation | 2011 US31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.57 |
| Orbital period | 5.33 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.05 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.