(9821) Gitakresakova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Margita Kresáková (b. 1927) worked at the Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. She was a very experienced meteor observer and comet hunter at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory. One comet carries her maiden name, Vozárová.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gitakresakova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gitakresakova is 2.28 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9821 |
| Provisional designation | 4033 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.74 km (#15,780 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.341 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Inclination | 5.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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