(66151) Josefhanus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1998 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.
Josef Hanuš (b. 1983) is a Czech planetary astronomer. He has worked on modeling rotation states and shapes of small Solar System bodies using the technique of rotation lightcurve inversion, and on their physical modeling using also infrared observations, stellar occultation data and adaptive optics observations.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-10-26), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Josefhanus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Josefhanus is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 66151 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UL |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.18 km (#8,662 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.168 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.97 |
| Orbital period | 5.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0635 |
| Inclination | 9.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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