(575498) Lamperthgyula Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 October 2011 by T. Szalai K. Sárneczky at Piszkesteto.

Gyula Lampérth (1950–2001) was a Hungarian teacher of physics and mathematics. He was the first principal of the Dániel Berzsenyi Grammar School (Lyceum) in Sopron after it returned to the Evangelical-Lutheran Church after being a public school for 43 years.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #14, 13), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lamperthgyula is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lamperthgyula is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number575498
Provisional designation2011 TW12
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.44
Orbital period5.63 years
Semi-major axis3.17 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.72 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity0.141
Inclination11.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.73 au

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

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