(194262) Nove Zamky Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 October 2001 by NEAT at Palomar.
Nové Zámky is a modern town and district center in southern Slovakia. In the sixteenth century a modern fortress was built there against the Ottoman Turks. The town was the birthplace of the photographer Lucien Aigner and is home to Stefan Kürti, who measured the first positions of this minor planet.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Nove Zamky is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Nove Zamky is 2.32 au from the Sun and 2.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 194262 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 TE257 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0138 |
| Inclination | 5.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.26 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.