(8229) Kozelsky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 1996 by Wolf, M., Sarounova, L. at Ondrejov.
Named in honor of František Kozelský (b. 1913), a Czech telescope maker well-known for his work in collaboration with V. Gajdušek. Kozelský made a set of unique fine-mechanics tools that allowed Gajdušek to produce a number of telescope mirrors, resulting finally in the production of six excellent 0.6-m mirrors, two of them now used at the Ondřejov and the Kleť observatories in telescopes devoted to observations of minor planets. Kozelský also made a series of eight 0.2-m refracting telescopes, twenty 0.3-m reflecting telescopes, and several coelostats for small observatories in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Name proposed by the discoverers, following a suggestion by C. Polášek.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kozelsky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kozelsky is 3.57 au from the Sun and 4.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8229 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 YU2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.3 km (#3,602 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 4.19 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.41 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.203 |
| Inclination | 13.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 28 December 1996
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