(29484) Honzavesely Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 November 1997 by L. Sarounova at Ondrejov.
Legendary Czech cyclist Jan ‘Honza’ Veselý (b. 1923) started his sports career as a bakery apprentice. Twenty-seven times national cyclist champion, he won the international Peace Race in 1949 and four times was a member of the winning Czechoslovakian team. He was holder of the National Fair-Play Award in 1997.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Honzavesely is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Honzavesely is 2.27 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29484 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 VJ6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.24 km (#14,627 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.386 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 4.37° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.