(29745) Mareknovak Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 January 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Marek Novak (b. 1994) was awarded second place in the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical and mechanical engineering project. He attends the Gymnazium, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-04-15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mareknovak is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mareknovak is 2.55 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 29745 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 BM20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.97 km (#15,280 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.35 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 8.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.907 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marek
All asteroids named after someone called Marek
Also discovered on 16 January 1999
- (10423) Dajcic
- (10426) Charlierouse
- (15469) Ohmura
- (28254) Raghrama
- (31437) Verma
- (31438) Yasuhitohayashi