(250719) Jurajbardy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 September 2005 by P. Kusnirak at Ondrejov.
Juraj Bardy (1919-2011) was a Slovak amateur astronomer and secondary school teacher who taught at the Gymnasium in Považská Bystrica. As an enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy, he contributed to its development in the region. He was the designer of the Považská Bystrica sundial.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-05-29), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jurajbardy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jurajbardy is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 250719 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 SN21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 6.80 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.65 |
| Orbital period | 5.14 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0769 |
| Inclination | 9.61° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.75 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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