(642097) Kusturica Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 April 2005 by J.-C. Merlin at Nogales.
Emir Kusturica (b. 1954) is a Serbian-French film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. He won numerous awards at film festivals including the Palme d'Or twice at the Cannes Film Festival (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as the Best Director prize for Time of the Gypsies.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #9, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kusturica is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kusturica is 2.24 au from the Sun and 2.74 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 642097 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 GA16 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.43 |
| Orbital period | 4.12 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 10.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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