(30564) Olomouc Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 July 2001 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov.

The city of Olomouc is the center of the Haná region in the heart of Moravia. The seat of Catholic bishops since 1063 and Moravian primates since 1777, it has been home to a university since 1573, now called Palacký University.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Olomouc is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olomouc is 2.82 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number30564
Provisional designation2001 OC77
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter2.68 km (#15,896 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.204
Absolute magnitude (H)15.04
Orbital period4.19 years
Semi-major axis2.60 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.23 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity0.144
Inclination3.90°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.24 au

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

Also discovered on 28 July 2001

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