(71282) Holuby Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 2000 by Galad, A., Koleny, P. at Modra.
Jozef Ľudovít Holuby (1836-1923) was a Slovak Lutheran priest, writer, revivalist, botanist and ethnographer. He obtained an honorary doctorate of natural sciences at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Charles University in Prague in 1922.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Holuby is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Holuby is 2.81 au from the Sun and 3.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 71282 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 AC48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.41 km (#8,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.119 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.99 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.74 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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