(167018) Csontoscsaba Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 August 2003 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.

Csaba Csontos (b. 1940) is a Hungarian architect who designed the building and the dome of the 1-m Ritchey-Chrétien-Coudé Telescope at Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station in early 1970s.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Csontoscsaba is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Csontoscsaba is 2.21 au from the Sun and 1.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number167018
Provisional designation2003 QS29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.14
Orbital period3.81 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.99 – 2.89 au
Eccentricity0.183
Inclination1.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.979 au

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

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