(82071) Debrecen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 December 2000 by Sarneczky, K., Kiss, L. at Piszkesteto.
Debrecen is the second largest city in Hungary and the regional center and capital of Hajdú-Bihar county. Kossuth University is located there. The Heliophysical Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences evolved from the Kossuth educational observatory in 1958.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Debrecen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Debrecen is 2.18 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 82071 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 YA32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.93 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.68 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 6.90° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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