(10173) Hanzelkazikmund Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 21 April 1995 by Pravec, P., Sarounova, L. at Ondrejov.

Czech globetrotters Jiří Hanzelka (b. 1920) and Miroslav Zikmund (b. 1919) visited 83 countries on five continents by car during 1947-1950 and truck during 1959-1964. A museum containing items collected and a rich archive of about 150 000 photographs has recently opened in Zlin. The name was suggested by J. Grygar.Naming citation (19990928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hanzelkazikmund is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hanzelkazikmund is 3.25 au from the Sun and 3.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number10173
Provisional designation1995 HA
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter6.01 km (#8,921 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0780
Absolute magnitude (H)14.41
Orbital period5.42 years
Semi-major axis3.09 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.87 – 3.30 au
Eccentricity0.0707
Inclination8.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.87 au

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

Also discovered on 21 April 1995

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