(549107) Hackitamas Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 31 January 2011 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.

Tamás Hacki (b. 1944) is a Hungarian ear, nose and throat specialist, university professor, and whistling artist. He started whistling at the age of five and his records have been released in several countries. He was the founder of the phoniatrics and paediatric audiology department of University Hospital in Regensburg.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hackitamas is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hackitamas is 2.58 au from the Sun and 1.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number549107
Provisional designation2011 CG45
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.4
Orbital period5.65 years
Semi-major axis3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.49 – 3.86 au
Eccentricity0.216
Inclination14.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.54 au

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

Also named after someone called Tamas

Also discovered on 31 January 2011

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