(673014) Kosakissattila Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 1 September 2014 by EURONEAR at La Palma.

Attila Kósa-Kiss (b. 1954 in Salonta, Romania) is a graduate environmentalist, member of the Hungarian Astronomical Association and Hungarian Meteorological Society. He has made more than 100 000 visual measurements of 670 variable stars, has observed 100 comets, and held stargazing sessions to over 10 000 people.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #13, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kosakissattila is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kosakissattila is 2.08 au from the Sun and 2.99 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number673014
Provisional designation2015 AM49
Orbit classInner Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)18.11
Orbital period2.71 years
Semi-major axis1.94 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.80 – 2.09 au
Eccentricity0.0761
Inclination23.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.849 au

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

Also named after someone called Attila

Also discovered on 1 September 2014

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