(167208) Lelekovice Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 October 2003 by Kusnirak, P., Hornoch, K. at Ondrejov.

The picturesque village of Lelekovice, near Brno, is the birthplace of the second discoverer, who has also made observations of comets and supernovae for more than two decades from his private observatory there. The naming of this minor planet commemorates the 720th anniversary of the founding of the village.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Lelekovice is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lelekovice is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number167208
Provisional designation2003 UN7
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Rotation period5.60 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)16.59
Orbital period4.31 years
Semi-major axis2.65 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 3.13 au
Eccentricity0.184
Inclination4.76°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.17 au

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

Also discovered on 17 October 2003