(73511) Lovas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 December 2002 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
Miklós Lovas (b. 1931) has been the most successful Hungarian discoverer working in astronomy. He discovered 42 supernovae, five comets and two minor planets in the course of the supernova search program at the Konkoly Observatory between 1964 and 1995.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lovas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lovas is 3.15 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73511 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 YD3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.84 km (#5,887 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Rotation period | 4.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.82 – 3.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0989 |
| Inclination | 16.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.81 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.