(541776) Olahkatalin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 7 November 2011 by K. Sárneczky K. Vida at Piszkesteto.

Katalin Oláh (b. 1948) is a Hungarian astronomer. She has worked extensively on binary stars, stellar activity, stellar-activity cycles, stellar spots and differential rotation. She founded the stellar activity research group at the Konkoly Observatory and has been a leading scientist in the field.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Olahkatalin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olahkatalin is 2.23 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number541776
Provisional designation2011 YZ12
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)17.4
Orbital period3.67 years
Semi-major axis2.38 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity0.0644
Inclination7.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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