(199696) Kemenesi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 2006 by K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.
Gábor Kemenesi (b. 1987) is a Hungarian biologist and virus researcher, who played a prominent role in providing accurate information to the general public via the media during the COVID pandemic. He is the winner of the 2022 annual science communication award of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kemenesi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kemenesi is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 199696 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 HD31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.49 km (#9,725 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0310 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.148 |
| Inclination | 12.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.