(255257) Mechwart Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 2005 by K. Sarneczky at Piszkesteto.
András Mechwart (1834-1907) was a Hungarian industrialist who headed the Ganz factory as managing director for 25 years. He was an outstanding technical innovator and expert in economics, and as a result of his great developments and modernization, Ganz became a world-class company.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mechwart is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mechwart is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 255257 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 VR1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.61 |
| Orbital period | 5.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0865 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.79 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Andras
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