(3892) Dezso Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 April 1941 by L. Oterma at Turku.
Named in honor of the Hungarian astronomer Dezső Lóránt, an old friend of the discoverer, founder of the Observatory for Solar Physics in Debrecen and its director for many years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Dezso is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dezso is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3892 |
| Provisional designation | 1941 HD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.84 km (#6,745 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.315 |
| Rotation period | 3.63 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.65 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.23 – 2.98 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.143 |
| Inclination | 13.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 April 1941
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- (1559) Kustaanheimo
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- (1705) Tapio
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