(51261) Holusa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 May 2000 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Jiří Holuša (1964–2011) worked for two decades as an educator at Ostrava Planetarium, Czech Republic. He won the second prize in the Eugenides Script Contest organized by International Planetarium Society in 2008. He also worked as an English to Czech translator.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Holusa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Holusa is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 51261 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 JH64 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.127 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.