(545784) Kelemenjanos Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 18 October 2011 by A. Szing K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.

János Kelemen (b. 1951) is a Hungarian astronomer whose main fields of research are the observation of GRB afterglows, comets and minor planets. He mounted the first CCD camera on the Schmidt telescope at the Piszkéstető Station, and he has discovered dozens of flare stars and several numbered minor planets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kelemenjanos is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kelemenjanos is 3.34 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number545784
Provisional designation2011 UA57
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.5
Orbital period5.61 years
Semi-major axis3.16 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.87 – 3.44 au
Eccentricity0.0903
Inclination9.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.90 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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