(319636) Dziewulski Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 September 2006 by J. Zdanavičius K. Černis at Moletai.

Władysław Dziewulski (1878–1962) was a Polish astronomer and mathematician. Director of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory from 1919 to 1939, he became professor of Vilnius University in 1921, serving as its rector from 1924 to 1925. He moved to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun in 1945. The crater Dziewulski on the Moon is named after him.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #6, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Dziewulski is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dziewulski is 3.06 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number319636
Provisional designation2006 SE368
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter3.54 km (#13,857 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0470
Absolute magnitude (H)16.47
Orbital period4.30 years
Semi-major axis2.64 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.20 – 3.09 au
Eccentricity0.169
Inclination18.5°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.26 au

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

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