(548690) Hazucha Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 October 2010 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.

Pavol Hazucha (1939–2022) was a secondary school teacher of physics in Hlohovec, Slovakia. As an amateur astronomer and outstanding educator he regularly cooperated with the Hlohovec Observatory from 1961. As an honorable member of the Slovak Astronomical Society, he involved many students and people in science.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hazucha is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hazucha is 3.07 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number548690
Provisional designation2010 UC30
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.91
Orbital period4.47 years
Semi-major axis2.71 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.35 – 3.07 au
Eccentricity0.132
Inclination6.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.37 au

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

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