(117714) Kiskartal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 2005 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Kiskartal Observatory was founded by Baron Géza Podmaniczky in 1884. The main telescope was a 19-cm Merz-Cooke refractor, and the observatory library contained 35 000 books. The observatory and the library were demolished in the 1920s, and Podmaniczky bestowed the books and the telescope to the Konkoly Observatory.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kiskartal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kiskartal is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 117714 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.28 km (#14,531 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.113 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.5 |
| Orbital period | 5.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0594 |
| Inclination | 9.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Baron
- (7171) Arthurkraus
- (9814) Ivobenko
- (9838) Falz-Fein
- (48529) von Wrangel
- (117712) Podmaniczky
- (260601) Wesselenyi
All asteroids named after someone called Baron
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- (117715) Carlkirby
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- (171118) Szigetkoz
- (180824) Kabos
- (184318) Fosanelli
- (260601) Wesselenyi
- (318547) Fidrich
- (348383) Petibon
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