(547664) Ozdin Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 28 October 2010 by K. Sárneczky S. Kürti at Piszkesteto.

Daniel Ozdín (b. 1972) is a Slovak mineralogist dealing with the study of meteorites, he described several new meteorites and hitherto unknown minerals. He is the founder of the Slovak Mineralogical Society and the Mineralogical Museum of the Comenius University in Bratislava, and is the author of more than 340 scientific publications.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ozdin is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ozdin is 2.62 au from the Sun and 3.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number547664
Provisional designation2010 UR29
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)16.68
Orbital period4.65 years
Semi-major axis2.79 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.35 – 3.23 au
Eccentricity0.158
Inclination12.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.39 au

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

Also named after someone called Daniel

Also discovered on 28 October 2010

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