(9822) Hajdukova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Mária Hajduková (b. 1934), currently at the Astronomical Institute Comenius University, Bratislava (Modra Observatory), has been active in interplanetary matter research, mainly meteors---multicolor photometry and radiation (dependence of the color index on velocity). She educated a whole generation of astronomers in Slovakia.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hajdukova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hajdukova is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.19 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9822 |
| Provisional designation | 4114 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.04 km (#15,125 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.333 |
| Rotation period | 4.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 3.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.986 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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