(142760) Csabai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2002 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point.
István Csabai (b. 1965) is a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for development of the photometric redshift estimation technique that is used to calculate the distance of galaxies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Csabai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Csabai is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 142760 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 TN361 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 5.27° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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