(44530) Horakova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 1998 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.
Czech lawyer Milada Horáková (1901-1950) was a human and women's rights activist in the interwar and postwar periods and founder of the Czech women's journal Vlasta. She joined the Czech anti-Nazi resistance, survived Nazi imprisonment (1940-1945) and later was unjustly executed in communist Czechoslovakia.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Horakova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Horakova is 2.42 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 44530 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YC8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.05 km (#7,585 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.249 |
| Rotation period | 160 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.23 |
| Orbital period | 4.15 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.58 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.226 |
| Inclination | 11.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.